DataFly Lib

DataFly Lib provides asynchronous input and output for other Forge mods. It began as the data layer of the Adrenaline mod and was split out so that several mods can share one thread pool, instead of each starting its own threads and repeating the same file handling code. A mod that writes data passes a DataTask and receives its result through a callback, so the main game thread is not held while the disk is busy.

Bursts of writes to the same key are coalesced within a time window, so only the last value is written to disk. When memory runs low, the library can compress pending data with gzip to free heap space, at the cost of some CPU time. Writes too large for the buffer are spilled into a temporary spool directory rather than blocked or dropped. Adrenaline requires DataFly Lib, which is the only other mod listed as depending on it.

The library is published for Forge only, for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, with 1.0.0 for 1.20.6 as the latest file. It runs on client and server, so both sides need it. The code is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved.