UNIX domain datagram support in Java

[Fouad Almalki]

Hi,

Is there a plan to support UNIX domain datagram in Java?

It seems that https://openjdk.org/jeps/380 does not support datagram.
JEP 380: Unix-Domain Socket Channels<https://openjdk.org/jeps/380>
Summary. Add Unix-domain (AF_UNIX) socket support to the socket channel and server-socket channel APIs in the java.nio.channels package.Extend the inherited channel mechanism to support Unix-domain socket channels and server socket channels.. Goals. Unix-domain sockets are used for inter-process communication (IPC) on the same host. They are similar to TCP/IP sockets in most respects, except ...
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One of the usages is to be able to notify systemd service manager about start-up completion without the need of JNI to invoke a system call.

https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/29107#issuecomment-1328173833
[https://opengraph.githubassets.com/174176286ca434859f5f405db6d4426b554154d36f38347e41b3b3cbd3542168/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/29107]<https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/29107#issuecomment-1328173833>
Integrate Linux systemd-notify with Quarkus · Issue #29107 · quarkusio/quarkus<https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/29107#issuecomment-1328173833>
Description Systemd is a popular service manager on Linux OS that manages starting/stopping services. When a service unit file is configured to be of type notify: [Service] Type=notify it is expect...
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Thanks,
Fouad Almalki
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