ByteBuffers are dead, long live ByteBuffers!


Direct buffers are, to date, the only way to access foreign, off-heap memory. Despite their success, direct buffers suffer from some limitations --- stateful-ness, lack of addressing space, non-deterministic deallocation to name a few --- which makes them a less-than-ideal choice…

More at https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/bytebuffers/