diff -r 7b751fe181a5 -r bc54ed8d908a src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/consumer/EventDirectoryStream.java
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+++ b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/consumer/EventDirectoryStream.java	Mon Sep 16 09:45:22 2019 +0200
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.internal.consumer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.security.AccessControlContext;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.jfr.internal.Utils;
+import jdk.jfr.internal.consumer.ChunkParser.ParserConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of an {@code EventStream}} that operates against a directory
+ * with chunk files.
+ *
+ */
+public final class EventDirectoryStream extends AbstractEventStream {
+
+    private final static Comparator<? super RecordedEvent> EVENT_COMPARATOR = JdkJfrConsumer.instance().eventComparator();
+
+    private final RepositoryFiles repositoryFiles;
+    private final boolean active;
+    private final FileAccess fileAccess;
+
+    private ChunkParser chunkParser;
+    private long chunkStartNanos;
+    private RecordedEvent[] sortedList;
+
+    public EventDirectoryStream(AccessControlContext acc, Path p, FileAccess fileAccess, boolean active) throws IOException {
+        super(acc, active);
+        this.fileAccess = Objects.requireNonNull(fileAccess);
+        this.active = active;
+        this.repositoryFiles = new RepositoryFiles(fileAccess, p);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        setClosed(true);
+        dispatcher().runCloseActions();
+        repositoryFiles.close();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void start() {
+        start(Utils.timeToNanos(Instant.now()));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void startAsync() {
+        startAsync(Utils.timeToNanos(Instant.now()));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void process() throws Exception {
+        Dispatcher disp = dispatcher();
+
+        Path path;
+        boolean validStartTime = active || disp.startTime != null;
+        if (validStartTime) {
+            path = repositoryFiles.firstPath(disp.startNanos);
+        } else {
+            path = repositoryFiles.lastPath();
+        }
+        if (path == null) { // closed
+            return;
+        }
+        chunkStartNanos = repositoryFiles.getTimestamp(path);
+        try (RecordingInput input = new RecordingInput(path.toFile(), fileAccess)) {
+            chunkParser = new ChunkParser(input, disp.parserConfiguration);
+            long segmentStart = chunkParser.getStartNanos() + chunkParser.getChunkDuration();
+            long filterStart = validStartTime ? disp.startNanos : segmentStart;
+            long filterEnd = disp.endTime != null ? disp.endNanos: Long.MAX_VALUE;
+
+            while (!isClosed()) {
+                boolean awaitnewEvent = false;
+                while (!isClosed() && !chunkParser.isChunkFinished()) {
+                    disp = dispatcher();
+                    ParserConfiguration pc = disp.parserConfiguration;
+                    pc.filterStart = filterStart;
+                    pc.filterEnd = filterEnd;
+                    chunkParser.updateConfiguration(pc, true);
+                    chunkParser.setFlushOperation(getFlushOperation());
+                    if (pc.ordered) {
+                        awaitnewEvent = processOrdered(disp, awaitnewEvent);
+                    } else {
+                        awaitnewEvent = processUnordered(disp, awaitnewEvent);
+                    }
+                    if (chunkParser.getStartNanos() + chunkParser.getChunkDuration() > filterEnd) {
+                        close();
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (isClosed()) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                long durationNanos = chunkParser.getChunkDuration();
+                path = repositoryFiles.nextPath(chunkStartNanos + durationNanos);
+                if (path == null) {
+                    return; // stream closed
+                }
+                chunkStartNanos = repositoryFiles.getTimestamp(path);
+                input.setFile(path);
+                chunkParser = chunkParser.newChunkParser();
+                // TODO: Optimization. No need filter when we reach new chunk
+                // Could set start = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean processOrdered(Dispatcher c, boolean awaitNewEvents) throws IOException {
+        if (sortedList == null) {
+            sortedList = new RecordedEvent[100_000];
+        }
+        int index = 0;
+        while (true) {
+            RecordedEvent e = chunkParser.readStreamingEvent(awaitNewEvents);
+            if (e == null) {
+                // wait for new event with next call to
+                // readStreamingEvent()
+                awaitNewEvents = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            awaitNewEvents = false;
+            if (index == sortedList.length) {
+                sortedList = Arrays.copyOf(sortedList, sortedList.length * 2);
+            }
+            sortedList[index++] = e;
+        }
+
+        // no events found
+        if (index == 0 && chunkParser.isChunkFinished()) {
+            return awaitNewEvents;
+        }
+        // at least 2 events, sort them
+        if (index > 1) {
+            Arrays.sort(sortedList, 0, index, EVENT_COMPARATOR);
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < index; i++) {
+            c.dispatch(sortedList[i]);
+        }
+        return awaitNewEvents;
+    }
+
+    private boolean processUnordered(Dispatcher c, boolean awaitNewEvents) throws IOException {
+        while (true) {
+            RecordedEvent e = chunkParser.readStreamingEvent(awaitNewEvents);
+            if (e == null) {
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                c.dispatch(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}