为什么要先调用flip然后才能write

这是Mina Guide中的代码

public class ImageRequestEncoder implements ProtocolEncoder {

    public void encode(IoSession session, Object message, ProtocolEncoderOutput out) throws Exception {
        ImageRequest request = (ImageRequest) message;
        IoBuffer buffer = IoBuffer.allocate(12, false);
        buffer.putInt(request.getWidth());
        buffer.putInt(request.getHeight());
        buffer.putInt(request.getNumberOfCharacters());
        buffer.flip();
        out.write(buffer);
    }

    public void dispose(IoSession session) throws Exception {
        // nothing to dispose
    }
}
这个事测试代码
class Test{
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		String name = "hello";
		byte[] bytes = name.getBytes();
		System.out.println(bytes.length);
		ByteBuffer bf = ByteBuffer.allocate(bytes.length);
		System.out.println("position:"+bf.position()+" limit:"+bf.limit());
		bf.put(bytes[0]);
		System.out.println("position:"+bf.position()+" limit:"+bf.limit());
		bf.put(bytes[1]);
		System.out.println("position:"+bf.position()+" limit:"+bf.limit());
		bf.put(bytes[2]);
		System.out.println("position:"+bf.position()+" limit:"+bf.limit());
		bf.put(bytes[3]);
		System.out.println("position:"+bf.position()+" limit:"+bf.limit());
		bf.put(bytes[4]);
		System.out.println("position:"+bf.position()+" limit:"+bf.limit());
		bf.flip();
		System.out.println("position:"+bf.position()+" limit:"+bf.limit());
	}
}
这是结果
position:0 limit:5
position:1 limit:5
position:2 limit:5
position:3 limit:5
position:4 limit:5
position:5 limit:5
position:0 limit:5

其实很简单，因为每次put数据进去buffer后，position的位置都会相应的增加，知道最后position == limit，调用flip()方法后，
limit = positon;
position = 0;
其实就是覆盖所有的缓冲区数据。