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Asked: 2026-06-06T08:31:57+00:00

I am trying to clean up a ByteBuffer to be all zero bytes (all

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I am trying to “clean up” a ByteBuffer to be all zero bytes (all 0x00). I tried to loop over all positions in the buffer and set them to 0x00, but the efficiency is bad. Is there any better way to quickly clear a ByteBuffer – similar to what BitSet.clear() does?

Please note that ByteBuffer.clear() is not an appropriate solution for me in this scenario–I have to erase all the data inside of the buffer, and not just reset the pointer to the beginning.

Any hints?

Edit: the ByteBuffer is used as a part of the hash table, and it maintains the references of the hash table entries. Every time when the hash table needs to be flushed, I have to reset the hash table entries for later hash table insertion. Since the hash table is accessed in a random-fashion, I cannot simply clear() the state of the byte buffer.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Have you tried using one of the ByteBuffer.put(byte[]) or ByteBuffer.put(ByteBuffer) methods to write multiple zeros in one go? You could then iterate over the buffer in chunks of 100 or 1000 bytes, or whatever, using an array or buffer pre-filled with zeros.

    Downside: this is an optional operation, so not all implementations of ByteBuffer are required to provide it…

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