org.jboss.xnio.channels
Interface SuspendableReadChannel

All Superinterfaces:

Channel, Closeable, Configurable

All Known Subinterfaces:

AllocatedMessageChannel, ConnectedStreamChannel<A>, DatagramChannel<A>, MessageChannel, MultipointDatagramChannel<A>, MultipointMessageChannel<A>, MultipointReadableMessageChannel<A>, ReadableAllocatedMessageChannel, ReadableMessageChannel, StreamChannel, StreamSourceChannel, SuspendableChannel, TcpChannel, UdpChannel

public interface SuspendableReadChannel
extends Channel, Configurable

A suspendable readable channel. This type of channel is associated with a handler which can suspend and resume reads as needed.

Method Summary

void	awaitReadable() Block until this channel becomes readable again.
void	awaitReadable(long time, TimeUnit timeUnit) Block until this channel becomes readable again, or until the timeout expires.
void	resumeReads() Resume reads on this channel.
void	shutdownReads() Places this readable channel at "end of stream".
void	suspendReads() Suspend further reads on this channel.

Methods inherited from interface java.nio.channels.Channel

close, isOpen

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.xnio.channels.Configurable

getOption, getOptions, setOption

Method Detail

suspendReads

void suspendReads()

Suspend further reads on this channel. The IoReadHandler.handleReadable(java.nio.channels.Channel) method will not be called until reads are resumed.

resumeReads

void resumeReads()

Resume reads on this channel. The IoReadHandler.handleReadable(java.nio.channels.Channel) method will be called as soon as there is data available to be read.

shutdownReads

void shutdownReads()
                   throws IOException

Places this readable channel at "end of stream". Further reads will result in EOF.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

awaitReadable

void awaitReadable()
                   throws IOException

Block until this channel becomes readable again. This method may return spuriously before the channel becomes readable.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

Since:

1.2

awaitReadable

void awaitReadable(long time,
                   TimeUnit timeUnit)
                   throws IOException

Block until this channel becomes readable again, or until the timeout expires. This method may return spuriously before the channel becomes readable or the timeout expires.

Parameters:

time - the time to wait

timeUnit - the time unit

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

Since:

1.2