Selector API [was Re: Java API for SCTP]

[Marc Petit-Huguenin]

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Alan Bateman wrote:
> Marc Petit-Huguenin wrote:
>> I am evaluating the difficulties in implementing a DCCP channel that
>> can register on a selector also used by SCTP, UDP and/or TCP channels.
>>   
> I'm not familiar with how the socket API is used for DCCP. Would the
> usage be closer to Server/SocketChannel than DatagramChannel (although
> you are sending datagrams rather than a stream)? 

DCCP would be closer to ServerChannel/SocketServerChannel as DCCP
sockets use the same connect/accept mechanism.  But after this it
would be closer to DatagramChannel for sending/receiving.

> Another potential way
> to integrate is not to develop a new channel type but to use the
> existing APIs. A while back I prototyped changes that would allow the
> protocol be specified when creating the channel. Here that might be
> SocketChannel.open(Protocols.getByName("dccp")) and the protocol is then
> mapped to the domain and protocol.
> 
> -Alan.
> 


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