AsynchronousSocketChannel: abortable operations throw RuntimeException

[Alan Bateman]

Gili wrote:
> :
> Are you saying that it's impossible for any AsynchronousByteChannel
> implementation to continue to use a connection after cancellation? Or were
> your comments specific to AsynchronousSocketChannel?
>
> Are you saying that no operating system supports this? Or are you saying
> that some operating systems do not, hence we cannot guarantee it in a
> cross-platform manner?
>
>   
All we are saying (in AsynchronousChannel, the top-most interface) is 
that it is highly implementation specific if invoking cancel will 
actually cancel the underlying I/O operation in a manner that guarantees 
that bytes have not been transferred. With a stream connection 
(AsynchronousSocketChannel) then you will essentially have a corrupt 
stream if bytes were transferred and you continued to use the 
connection. I've no doubt the usage with your serial port channel will 
be a different in that data loss is something that it will have to deal 
with anyway.

-Alan