Module exports for java.base: NIO stuff

[David M. Lloyd]

On 12/12/2016 01:11 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 11/12/2016 22:38, David M. Lloyd wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm not implementing SelectorProvider, I just want access to all the
>> possible implementations that are available in the current JDK so we
>> can select among them on a case-by-case basis.
>>
>>> Are you attempting
>>> to wrap the default implementation - I ask because there isn't anything
>>> in the service type (SelectorProvider in this example) that is useful
>>> for doing selection.
>>
>> Except for the name of the class, which is what we select by today.
> At least in JDK 9 then the only platform in OpenJDK (or Oracle JDK
> builds) where there is more than one implementation is Solaris (it has a
> /dev/poll and Solaris I/O ports based implementations).  Maybe XNIO wants
> to use the legacy poll based Selector on Mondays? It will be out of luck
> in JDK 9 as that implementation is excluded by the build (it wasn't
> deleted because some people wanted to keep it around for bootstrapping
> new ports).

That's unfortunate.

> So I will guess that SelectorProvider::provider gets you
> most of the way. Maybe this request is rooted in the proposal to add a
> poll method to SocketChannel that didn't come to a timely conclusion?

Exactly, and also as a last-ditch option where we can change to 
PollSelectorProvider when things aren't working right.

> In any case, what you are asking for would require a spec update.
> Specifically SelectorProvider::provider would need to specify that it
> ignores "built-in" implementations that are located via ServiceLoader.
> It would need an implementation changes too. Nothing too difficult of
> course but it just not something that has ever come up before (at least
> to my knowledge).

OK, I guess we'll just deal with it.

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