Module org.elasticsearch.nativeaccess
Package org.elasticsearch.nativeaccess

Interface NativeAccess

public interface NativeAccess
Provides access to native functionality needed by Elastisearch.

  • Method Details

    • instance

      static NativeAccess instance()
      Get the one and only instance of NativeAccess which is specific to the running platform and JVM.

    • definitelyRunningAsRoot

      boolean definitelyRunningAsRoot()
      Determine whether this JVM is running as the root user.
      Returns:
      true if running as root, or false if unsure

    • getProcessLimits

      ProcessLimits getProcessLimits()
      Return limits for the current process.

    • tryLockMemory

      void tryLockMemory()
      Attempt to lock this process's virtual memory address space into physical RAM.

    • isMemoryLocked

      boolean isMemoryLocked()
      Return whether locking memory was successful, or false otherwise.

    • systemd

      Systemd systemd()

    • getZstd

      Zstd getZstd()
      Returns an accessor to zstd compression functions.
      Returns:
      an object used to compress and decompress bytes using zstd

    • getWindowsFunctions

      default WindowsFunctions getWindowsFunctions()
      Returns an accessor for native functions only available on Windows, or null if not on Windows.

    • getVectorSimilarityFunctions

      Optional<VectorSimilarityFunctions> getVectorSimilarityFunctions()

    • newBuffer

      CloseableByteBuffer newBuffer(int len)
      Creates a new CloseableByteBuffer. The buffer must be used within the same thread that it is created.
      Parameters:
      len - the number of bytes the buffer should allocate
      Returns:
      the buffer