public abstract class AsynchronousSocketChannel extends Object implements AsynchronousByteChannel, NetworkChannel
 Asynchronous socket channels are created in one of two ways. A newly-created
 AsynchronousSocketChannel is created by invoking one of the open methods defined by this class. A newly-created channel is open but
 not yet connected. A connected AsynchronousSocketChannel is created
 when a connection is made to the socket of an AsynchronousServerSocketChannel.
 It is not possible to create an asynchronous socket channel for an arbitrary,
 pre-existing socket.
 
 A newly-created channel is connected by invoking its connect
 method; once connected, a channel remains connected until it is closed.  Whether
 or not a socket channel is connected may be determined by invoking its getRemoteAddress method. An attempt to invoke an I/O
 operation upon an unconnected channel will cause a NotYetConnectedException
 to be thrown.
 
 Channels of this type are safe for use by multiple concurrent threads.
 They support concurrent reading and writing, though at most one read operation
 and one write operation can be outstanding at any time.
 If a thread initiates a read operation before a previous read operation has
 completed then a ReadPendingException will be thrown. Similarly, an
 attempt to initiate a write operation before a previous write has completed
 will throw a WritePendingException.
 
 Socket options are configured using the setOption method. Asynchronous socket channels support the following options:
 
Additional (implementation specific) options may also be supported.
Option Name Description SO_SNDBUFThe size of the socket send buffer SO_RCVBUFThe size of the socket receive buffer SO_KEEPALIVEKeep connection alive SO_REUSEADDRRe-use address TCP_NODELAYDisable the Nagle algorithm 
 The read
 and write
 methods defined by this class allow a timeout to be specified when initiating
 a read or write operation. If the timeout elapses before an operation completes
 then the operation completes with the exception InterruptedByTimeoutException. A timeout may leave the channel, or the
 underlying connection, in an inconsistent state. Where the implementation
 cannot guarantee that bytes have not been read from the channel then it puts
 the channel into an implementation specific error state. A subsequent
 attempt to initiate a read operation causes an unspecified runtime
 exception to be thrown. Similarly if a write operation times out and
 the implementation cannot guarantee bytes have not been written to the
 channel then further attempts to write to the channel cause an
 unspecified runtime exception to be thrown. When a timeout elapses then the
 state of the ByteBuffer, or the sequence of buffers, for the I/O
 operation is not defined. Buffers should be discarded or at least care must
 be taken to ensure that the buffers are not accessed while the channel remains
 open. All methods that accept timeout parameters treat values less than or
 equal to zero to mean that the I/O operation does not timeout.
| Modifier | Constructor and Description | 
|---|---|
| protected  | AsynchronousSocketChannel(AsynchronousChannelProvider provider)Initializes a new instance of this class. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| abstract AsynchronousSocketChannel | bind(SocketAddress local)Binds the channel's socket to a local address. | 
| abstract Future<Void> | connect(SocketAddress remote)Connects this channel. | 
| abstract <A> void | connect(SocketAddress remote,
       A attachment,
       CompletionHandler<Void,? super A> handler)Connects this channel. | 
| abstract SocketAddress | getRemoteAddress()Returns the remote address to which this channel's socket is connected. | 
| static AsynchronousSocketChannel | open()Opens an asynchronous socket channel. | 
| static AsynchronousSocketChannel | open(AsynchronousChannelGroup group)Opens an asynchronous socket channel. | 
| AsynchronousChannelProvider | provider()Returns the provider that created this channel. | 
| abstract Future<Integer> | read(ByteBuffer dst)Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer. | 
| abstract <A> void | read(ByteBuffer[] dsts,
    int offset,
    int length,
    long timeout,
    TimeUnit unit,
    A attachment,
    CompletionHandler<Long,? super A> handler)Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into a subsequence of the
 given buffers. | 
| <A> void | read(ByteBuffer dst,
    A attachment,
    CompletionHandler<Integer,? super A> handler)Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer. | 
| abstract <A> void | read(ByteBuffer dst,
    long timeout,
    TimeUnit unit,
    A attachment,
    CompletionHandler<Integer,? super A> handler)Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer. | 
| abstract <T> AsynchronousSocketChannel | setOption(SocketOption<T> name,
         T value)Sets the value of a socket option. | 
| abstract AsynchronousSocketChannel | shutdownInput()Shutdown the connection for reading without closing the channel. | 
| abstract AsynchronousSocketChannel | shutdownOutput()Shutdown the connection for writing without closing the channel. | 
| abstract Future<Integer> | write(ByteBuffer src)Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer. | 
| abstract <A> void | write(ByteBuffer[] srcs,
     int offset,
     int length,
     long timeout,
     TimeUnit unit,
     A attachment,
     CompletionHandler<Long,? super A> handler)Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from a subsequence of the given
 buffers. | 
| <A> void | write(ByteBuffer src,
     A attachment,
     CompletionHandler<Integer,? super A> handler)Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer. | 
| abstract <A> void | write(ByteBuffer src,
     long timeout,
     TimeUnit unit,
     A attachment,
     CompletionHandler<Integer,? super A> handler)Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer. | 
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, waitclosegetLocalAddress, getOption, supportedOptionsprotected AsynchronousSocketChannel(AsynchronousChannelProvider provider)
public final AsynchronousChannelProvider provider()
public static AsynchronousSocketChannel open(AsynchronousChannelGroup group) throws IOException
 The new channel is created by invoking the openAsynchronousSocketChannel method on the AsynchronousChannelProvider that created the group. If the group parameter
 is null then the resulting channel is created by the system-wide
 default provider, and bound to the default group.
group - The group to which the newly constructed channel should be bound,
          or null for the default groupShutdownChannelGroupException - If the channel group is shutdownIOException - If an I/O error occurspublic static AsynchronousSocketChannel open() throws IOException
This method returns an asynchronous socket channel that is bound to the default group.This method is equivalent to evaluating the expression:
open((AsynchronousChannelGroup)null);
IOException - If an I/O error occurspublic abstract AsynchronousSocketChannel bind(SocketAddress local) throws IOException
NetworkChannel This method is used to establish an association between the socket and
 a local address. Once an association is established then the socket remains
 bound until the channel is closed. If the local parameter has the
 value null then the socket will be bound to an address that is
 assigned automatically.
bind in interface NetworkChannellocal - The address to bind the socket, or null to bind the socket
          to an automatically assigned socket addressConnectionPendingException - If a connection operation is already in progress on this channelAlreadyBoundException - If the socket is already boundUnsupportedAddressTypeException - If the type of the given address is not supportedClosedChannelException - If the channel is closedIOException - If some other I/O error occursNetworkChannel.getLocalAddress()public abstract <T> AsynchronousSocketChannel setOption(SocketOption<T> name, T value) throws IOException
NetworkChannelsetOption in interface NetworkChannelname - The socket optionvalue - The value of the socket option. A value of null may be
          a valid value for some socket options.IllegalArgumentException - If the value is not a valid value for this socket optionClosedChannelException - If this channel is closedIOException - If an I/O error occursStandardSocketOptionspublic abstract AsynchronousSocketChannel shutdownInput() throws IOException
 Once shutdown for reading then further reads on the channel will
 return -1, the end-of-stream indication. If the input side of the
 connection is already shutdown then invoking this method has no effect.
 The effect on an outstanding read operation is system dependent and
 therefore not specified. The effect, if any, when there is data in the
 socket receive buffer that has not been read, or data arrives subsequently,
 is also system dependent.
NotYetConnectedException - If this channel is not yet connectedClosedChannelException - If this channel is closedIOException - If some other I/O error occurspublic abstract AsynchronousSocketChannel shutdownOutput() throws IOException
 Once shutdown for writing then further attempts to write to the
 channel will throw ClosedChannelException. If the output side of
 the connection is already shutdown then invoking this method has no
 effect. The effect on an outstanding write operation is system dependent
 and therefore not specified.
NotYetConnectedException - If this channel is not yet connectedClosedChannelException - If this channel is closedIOException - If some other I/O error occurspublic abstract SocketAddress getRemoteAddress() throws IOException
 Where the channel is bound and connected to an Internet Protocol
 socket address then the return value from this method is of type InetSocketAddress.
null if the channel's socket is not
          connectedClosedChannelException - If the channel is closedIOException - If an I/O error occurspublic abstract <A> void connect(SocketAddress remote, A attachment, CompletionHandler<Void,? super A> handler)
 This method initiates an operation to connect this channel. The
 handler parameter is a completion handler that is invoked when
 the connection is successfully established or connection cannot be
 established. If the connection cannot be established then the channel is
 closed.
 
 This method performs exactly the same security checks as the Socket class.  That is, if a security manager has been
 installed then this method verifies that its checkConnect method permits
 connecting to the address and port number of the given remote endpoint.
remote - The remote address to which this channel is to be connectedattachment - The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be nullhandler - The handler for consuming the resultUnresolvedAddressException - If the given remote address is not fully resolvedUnsupportedAddressTypeException - If the type of the given remote address is not supportedAlreadyConnectedException - If this channel is already connectedConnectionPendingException - If a connection operation is already in progress on this channelShutdownChannelGroupException - If the channel group has terminatedSecurityException - If a security manager has been installed
          and it does not permit access to the given remote endpointgetRemoteAddress()public abstract Future<Void> connect(SocketAddress remote)
 This method initiates an operation to connect this channel. This
 method behaves in exactly the same manner as the connect(SocketAddress, Object, CompletionHandler) method except that
 instead of specifying a completion handler, this method returns a Future representing the pending result. The Future's get method returns null on successful completion.
remote - The remote address to which this channel is to be connectedFuture object representing the pending resultUnresolvedAddressException - If the given remote address is not fully resolvedUnsupportedAddressTypeException - If the type of the given remote address is not supportedAlreadyConnectedException - If this channel is already connectedConnectionPendingException - If a connection operation is already in progress on this channelSecurityException - If a security manager has been installed
          and it does not permit access to the given remote endpointpublic abstract <A> void read(ByteBuffer dst, long timeout, TimeUnit unit, A attachment, CompletionHandler<Integer,? super A> handler)
 This method initiates an asynchronous read operation to read a
 sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer. The handler parameter is a completion handler that is invoked when the read
 operation completes (or fails). The result passed to the completion
 handler is the number of bytes read or -1 if no bytes could be
 read because the channel has reached end-of-stream.
 
 If a timeout is specified and the timeout elapses before the operation
 completes then the operation completes with the exception InterruptedByTimeoutException. Where a timeout occurs, and the
 implementation cannot guarantee that bytes have not been read, or will not
 be read from the channel into the given buffer, then further attempts to
 read from the channel will cause an unspecific runtime exception to be
 thrown.
 
 Otherwise this method works in the same manner as the AsynchronousByteChannel.read(ByteBuffer,Object,CompletionHandler)
 method.
dst - The buffer into which bytes are to be transferredtimeout - The maximum time for the I/O operation to completeunit - The time unit of the timeout argumentattachment - The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be nullhandler - The handler for consuming the resultIllegalArgumentException - If the buffer is read-onlyReadPendingException - If a read operation is already in progress on this channelNotYetConnectedException - If this channel is not yet connectedShutdownChannelGroupException - If the channel group has terminatedpublic final <A> void read(ByteBuffer dst, A attachment, CompletionHandler<Integer,? super A> handler)
AsynchronousByteChannel This method initiates an asynchronous read operation to read a
 sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer. The handler parameter is a completion handler that is invoked when the read
 operation completes (or fails). The result passed to the completion
 handler is the number of bytes read or -1 if no bytes could be
 read because the channel has reached end-of-stream.
 
 The read operation may read up to r bytes from the channel,
 where r is the number of bytes remaining in the buffer, that is,
 dst.remaining() at the time that the read is attempted. Where
 r is 0, the read operation completes immediately with a result of
 0 without initiating an I/O operation.
 
Suppose that a byte sequence of length n is read, where 0 < n <= r. This byte sequence will be transferred into the buffer so that the first byte in the sequence is at index p and the last byte is at index p + n - 1, where p is the buffer's position at the moment the read is performed. Upon completion the buffer's position will be equal to p + n; its limit will not have changed.
Buffers are not safe for use by multiple concurrent threads so care should be taken to not access the buffer until the operation has completed.
 This method may be invoked at any time. Some channel types may not
 allow more than one read to be outstanding at any given time. If a thread
 initiates a read operation before a previous read operation has
 completed then a ReadPendingException will be thrown.
read in interface AsynchronousByteChanneldst - The buffer into which bytes are to be transferredattachment - The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be nullhandler - The completion handlerIllegalArgumentException - If the buffer is read-onlyReadPendingException - If the channel does not allow more than one read to be outstanding
          and a previous read has not completedNotYetConnectedException - If this channel is not yet connectedShutdownChannelGroupException - If the channel group has terminatedpublic abstract Future<Integer> read(ByteBuffer dst)
AsynchronousByteChannel This method initiates an asynchronous read operation to read a
 sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer. The method
 behaves in exactly the same manner as the read(ByteBuffer,Object,CompletionHandler) method except that instead
 of specifying a completion handler, this method returns a Future
 representing the pending result. The Future's get method returns the number of bytes read or -1 if no bytes
 could be read because the channel has reached end-of-stream.
read in interface AsynchronousByteChanneldst - The buffer into which bytes are to be transferredIllegalArgumentException - If the buffer is read-onlyReadPendingException - If the channel does not allow more than one read to be outstanding
          and a previous read has not completedNotYetConnectedException - If this channel is not yet connectedpublic abstract <A> void read(ByteBuffer[] dsts, int offset, int length, long timeout, TimeUnit unit, A attachment, CompletionHandler<Long,? super A> handler)
handler parameter is a completion
 handler that is invoked when the read operation completes (or fails). The
 result passed to the completion handler is the number of bytes read or
 -1 if no bytes could be read because the channel has reached
 end-of-stream.
 This method initiates a read of up to r bytes from this channel, where r is the total number of bytes remaining in the specified subsequence of the given buffer array, that is,
 dsts[offset].remaining()
     + dsts[offset+1].remaining()
     + ... + dsts[offset+length-1].remaining()Suppose that a byte sequence of length n is read, where 0 < n <= r. Up to the first dsts[offset].remaining() bytes of this sequence are transferred into buffer dsts[offset], up to the next dsts[offset+1].remaining() bytes are transferred into buffer dsts[offset+1], and so forth, until the entire byte sequence is transferred into the given buffers. As many bytes as possible are transferred into each buffer, hence the final position of each updated buffer, except the last updated buffer, is guaranteed to be equal to that buffer's limit. The underlying operating system may impose a limit on the number of buffers that may be used in an I/O operation. Where the number of buffers (with bytes remaining), exceeds this limit, then the I/O operation is performed with the maximum number of buffers allowed by the operating system.
 If a timeout is specified and the timeout elapses before the operation
 completes then it completes with the exception InterruptedByTimeoutException. Where a timeout occurs, and the
 implementation cannot guarantee that bytes have not been read, or will not
 be read from the channel into the given buffers, then further attempts to
 read from the channel will cause an unspecific runtime exception to be
 thrown.
dsts - The buffers into which bytes are to be transferredoffset - The offset within the buffer array of the first buffer into which
          bytes are to be transferred; must be non-negative and no larger than
          dsts.lengthlength - The maximum number of buffers to be accessed; must be non-negative
          and no larger than dsts.length - offsettimeout - The maximum time for the I/O operation to completeunit - The time unit of the timeout argumentattachment - The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be nullhandler - The handler for consuming the resultIndexOutOfBoundsException - If the pre-conditions for the offset  and length
          parameter aren't metIllegalArgumentException - If the buffer is read-onlyReadPendingException - If a read operation is already in progress on this channelNotYetConnectedException - If this channel is not yet connectedShutdownChannelGroupException - If the channel group has terminatedpublic abstract <A> void write(ByteBuffer src, long timeout, TimeUnit unit, A attachment, CompletionHandler<Integer,? super A> handler)
 This method initiates an asynchronous write operation to write a
 sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer. The handler parameter is a completion handler that is invoked when the write
 operation completes (or fails). The result passed to the completion
 handler is the number of bytes written.
 
 If a timeout is specified and the timeout elapses before the operation
 completes then it completes with the exception InterruptedByTimeoutException. Where a timeout occurs, and the
 implementation cannot guarantee that bytes have not been written, or will
 not be written to the channel from the given buffer, then further attempts
 to write to the channel will cause an unspecific runtime exception to be
 thrown.
 
 Otherwise this method works in the same manner as the AsynchronousByteChannel.write(ByteBuffer,Object,CompletionHandler)
 method.
src - The buffer from which bytes are to be retrievedtimeout - The maximum time for the I/O operation to completeunit - The time unit of the timeout argumentattachment - The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be nullhandler - The handler for consuming the resultWritePendingException - If a write operation is already in progress on this channelNotYetConnectedException - If this channel is not yet connectedShutdownChannelGroupException - If the channel group has terminatedpublic final <A> void write(ByteBuffer src, A attachment, CompletionHandler<Integer,? super A> handler)
AsynchronousByteChannel This method initiates an asynchronous write operation to write a
 sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer. The handler parameter is a completion handler that is invoked when the write
 operation completes (or fails). The result passed to the completion
 handler is the number of bytes written.
 
 The write operation may write up to r bytes to the channel,
 where r is the number of bytes remaining in the buffer, that is,
 src.remaining() at the time that the write is attempted. Where
 r is 0, the write operation completes immediately with a result of
 0 without initiating an I/O operation.
 
Suppose that a byte sequence of length n is written, where 0 < n <= r. This byte sequence will be transferred from the buffer starting at index p, where p is the buffer's position at the moment the write is performed; the index of the last byte written will be p + n - 1. Upon completion the buffer's position will be equal to p + n; its limit will not have changed.
Buffers are not safe for use by multiple concurrent threads so care should be taken to not access the buffer until the operation has completed.
 This method may be invoked at any time. Some channel types may not
 allow more than one write to be outstanding at any given time. If a thread
 initiates a write operation before a previous write operation has
 completed then a WritePendingException will be thrown.
write in interface AsynchronousByteChannelsrc - The buffer from which bytes are to be retrievedattachment - The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be nullhandler - The completion handler objectWritePendingException - If the channel does not allow more than one write to be outstanding
          and a previous write has not completedNotYetConnectedException - If this channel is not yet connectedShutdownChannelGroupException - If the channel group has terminatedpublic abstract Future<Integer> write(ByteBuffer src)
AsynchronousByteChannel This method initiates an asynchronous write operation to write a
 sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer. The method
 behaves in exactly the same manner as the write(ByteBuffer,Object,CompletionHandler) method except that instead
 of specifying a completion handler, this method returns a Future
 representing the pending result. The Future's get method returns the number of bytes written.
write in interface AsynchronousByteChannelsrc - The buffer from which bytes are to be retrievedWritePendingException - If the channel does not allow more than one write to be outstanding
          and a previous write has not completedNotYetConnectedException - If this channel is not yet connectedpublic abstract <A> void write(ByteBuffer[] srcs, int offset, int length, long timeout, TimeUnit unit, A attachment, CompletionHandler<Long,? super A> handler)
handler parameter is a completion
 handler that is invoked when the write operation completes (or fails).
 The result passed to the completion handler is the number of bytes written.
 This method initiates a write of up to r bytes to this channel, where r is the total number of bytes remaining in the specified subsequence of the given buffer array, that is,
 srcs[offset].remaining()
     + srcs[offset+1].remaining()
     + ... + srcs[offset+length-1].remaining()Suppose that a byte sequence of length n is written, where 0 < n <= r. Up to the first srcs[offset].remaining() bytes of this sequence are written from buffer srcs[offset], up to the next srcs[offset+1].remaining() bytes are written from buffer srcs[offset+1], and so forth, until the entire byte sequence is written. As many bytes as possible are written from each buffer, hence the final position of each updated buffer, except the last updated buffer, is guaranteed to be equal to that buffer's limit. The underlying operating system may impose a limit on the number of buffers that may be used in an I/O operation. Where the number of buffers (with bytes remaining), exceeds this limit, then the I/O operation is performed with the maximum number of buffers allowed by the operating system.
 If a timeout is specified and the timeout elapses before the operation
 completes then it completes with the exception InterruptedByTimeoutException. Where a timeout occurs, and the
 implementation cannot guarantee that bytes have not been written, or will
 not be written to the channel from the given buffers, then further attempts
 to write to the channel will cause an unspecific runtime exception to be
 thrown.
srcs - The buffers from which bytes are to be retrievedoffset - The offset within the buffer array of the first buffer from which
          bytes are to be retrieved; must be non-negative and no larger
          than srcs.lengthlength - The maximum number of buffers to be accessed; must be non-negative
          and no larger than srcs.length - offsettimeout - The maximum time for the I/O operation to completeunit - The time unit of the timeout argumentattachment - The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be nullhandler - The handler for consuming the resultIndexOutOfBoundsException - If the pre-conditions for the offset  and length
          parameter aren't metWritePendingException - If a write operation is already in progress on this channelNotYetConnectedException - If this channel is not yet connectedShutdownChannelGroupException - If the channel group has terminated Submit a bug or feature 
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