SCTP for Java - Update

[Christopher Hegarty - Sun Microsystems Ireland]

Hi All,

Back in August I posted a mail to this list [1]. It essentially was a 
pointer to a draft Java API for SCTP. Since then I have updated the 
draft [2] based on the feedback I received and also some other minor 
specification issues.

Highlights include:
  - support for partial reliability extension
  - sending of large messages
  - support various other socket options, including association
    specific options
  - clean up specification around dynamic address reconfiguration, i.e.
    bindAddress, unbindAddress

If you are interested in Java SCTP support please take a look a the 
updated draft. All feedback is welcome.

-Chris.

[1] 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/nio-discuss/2008-August/000076.html
[2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/nio/sctp/javadoc/

On 08/19/08 17:07, Christopher Hegarty - Sun Microsystems Ireland wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A request for SCTP support came up recently on the jsr203-interest
> list [1]. Within Sun have been working on an RFE [2] to provide a Java
> API for SCTP [3] that we would like to get into OpenJDK [4].
> 
> The API is nio based and defines three new channel types in order to
> support both the one-to-one and one-to-many styles. It provides support
> for both multi-homing and multi-streaming capabilities of SCTP as well
> as message framing, ordered and unordered message delivery. There is
> also support for handling of notifications from the SCTP stack, like
> associations change, shutdown, send failed.
> 
> Initially, this work is being delivered a Sun specific API so as to
> gauge interest. If there is sufficient interest then we may proposed 
> setting up a specific SCTP project [5].
> 
> At this stage we would really welcome feedback on the API [3]. Please 
> reply to this mailing list with your comments/feedback.
> 
> -Chris.
> 
> [1]
> http://groups.google.com/group/jsr203-interest/browse_thread/thread/b10e6925e8b0b526 
> 
> [2] http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=4927640
> [3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/nio/sctp/javadoc/
> [4] http://openjdk.java.net/
> [5] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/
> 
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