在软件系统中，IO速度比内存速度慢，IO读写在很多情况下会是系统的瓶颈。

在java标准IO操作中，InputStream和OutputStream提供基于流的IO操作，以字节为处理单位；Reader和Writer实现了Buffered缓存，以字符为处理单位。

从Java1.4开始，增加NIO（New IO），增加缓存Buffer和通道Channel，以块为处理单位，是双向通道（可读可写，类似RandomAccessFile），支持锁和内存映射文件访问接口，大大提升了IO速度。

以下例子简单测试常见IO操作的性能速度。

/**
 * 测试不同io操作速度
 * 
 * @author peter_wang
 * @create-time 2014-6-4 下午12:52:48
 */
public class SpeedTest {
    private static final String INPUT_FILE_PATH = "io_speed.txt";
    private static final String OUTPUT_FILE_PATH = "io_speed_copy.txt";

    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        long ioStreamTime1 = ioStreamCopy();
        System.out.println("io stream copy:" + ioStreamTime1);

        long ioStreamTime2 = bufferedStreamCopy();
        System.out.println("buffered stream copy:" + ioStreamTime2);

        long ioStreamTime3 = nioStreamCopy();
        System.out.println("nio stream copy:" + ioStreamTime3);
        
        long ioStreamTime4 = nioMemoryStreamCopy();
        System.out.println("nio memory stream copy:" + ioStreamTime4);
    }

    /**
     * 普通文件流读写
     * 
     * @return 操作的时间
     */
    private static long ioStreamCopy() {
        long costTime = -1;
        FileInputStream is = null;
        FileOutputStream os = null;
        try {
            long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            is = new FileInputStream(INPUT_FILE_PATH);
            os = new FileOutputStream(OUTPUT_FILE_PATH);
            int read = is.read();
            while (read != -1) {
                os.write(read);
                read = is.read();
            }
            long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            costTime = endTime - startTime;
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        finally {
            try {
                if (is != null) {
                    is.close();
                }
                if (os != null) {
                    os.close();
                }
            }
            catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return costTime;
    }

    /**
     * 加入缓存的文件流读写， Reader默认实现缓存，只能读取字符文件，无法准确读取字节文件如图片视频等
     * 
     * @return 操作的时间
     */
    private static long bufferedStreamCopy() {
        long costTime = -1;
        FileReader reader = null;
        FileWriter writer = null;
        try {
            long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            reader = new FileReader(INPUT_FILE_PATH);
            writer = new FileWriter(OUTPUT_FILE_PATH);
            int read = -1;
            while ((read = reader.read()) != -1) {
                writer.write(read);
            }
            writer.flush();
            long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            costTime = endTime - startTime;
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        finally {
            try {
                if (reader != null) {
                    reader.close();
                }
                if (writer != null) {
                    writer.close();
                }
            }
            catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return costTime;
    }

    /**
     * nio操作数据流
     * 
     * @return 操作的时间
     */
    private static long nioStreamCopy() {
        long costTime = -1;
        FileInputStream is = null;
        FileOutputStream os = null;
        FileChannel fi = null;
        FileChannel fo = null;
        try {
            long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            is = new FileInputStream(INPUT_FILE_PATH);
            os = new FileOutputStream(OUTPUT_FILE_PATH);
            fi = is.getChannel();
            fo = os.getChannel();
            ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
            while (true) {
                buffer.clear();
                int read = fi.read(buffer);
                if (read == -1) {
                    break;
                }
                buffer.flip();
                fo.write(buffer);
            }
            long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            costTime = endTime - startTime;
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        finally {
            try {
                if (fi != null) {
                    fi.close();
                }
                if (fo != null) {
                    fo.close();
                }
                if (is != null) {
                    is.close();
                }
                if (os != null) {
                    os.close();
                }
            }
            catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return costTime;
    }

    /**
     * nio内存映射操作数据流
     * 
     * @return 操作的时间
     */
    private static long nioMemoryStreamCopy() {
        long costTime = -1;
        FileInputStream is = null;
        //映射文件输出必须用RandomAccessFile
        RandomAccessFile os = null;
        FileChannel fi = null;
        FileChannel fo = null;
        try {
            long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            is = new FileInputStream(INPUT_FILE_PATH);
            os = new RandomAccessFile(OUTPUT_FILE_PATH, "rw");
            fi = is.getChannel();
            fo = os.getChannel();
            IntBuffer iIb=fi.map(FileChannel.MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, fi.size()).asIntBuffer();
            IntBuffer oIb = fo.map(FileChannel.MapMode.READ_WRITE, 0, fo.size()).asIntBuffer();
            while(iIb.hasRemaining()){
                int read = iIb.get();
                oIb.put(read);
            }
            long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            costTime = endTime - startTime;
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        finally {
            try {
                if (fi != null) {
                    fi.close();
                }
                if (fo != null) {
                    fo.close();
                }
                if (is != null) {
                    is.close();
                }
                if (os != null) {
                    os.close();
                }
            }
            catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return costTime;
    }

}

io stream copy:384
buffered stream copy:125
nio stream copy:12
nio memory stream copy:10

最普通的InputStream操作耗时较长，增加了缓存后速度增加了，用了nio和内存映射访问文件，速度最快。