receive() method functionality

[Alan Bateman]

Umashankar wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> In AsynchronousDatagramChannel, after a receive()/read() method throws 
> an InterruptedByTimeoutException, what should be the behavior of 
> subsequent receive/read operations on that channel. Should they work 
> normally or fail with a RuntimeException ?
>
> Thanks,
> Umashankar
>
This is an excellent question as this scenario isn't completely 
specified. It needs a paragraph in the class description like we have in 
AsynchronousSocketChannel. I'll try to get this done for the next build. 
For now, our implementation does allow you to initiate a receive or read 
after a previous receive/read operation has timed out. This of course 
may not be feasible on other operating systems or implementations so 
don't make any assumptions in any new tests.

-Alan.