How to use channel groups from custom implementation?

[Gili]

Alan Bateman wrote:
> 
> Gili wrote:
>> :
>> So you're saying that if I wanted to publish an AsynchronousByteChannel
>> implementation in the supported fashion, I'd have to publish a
>> corresponding
>> AsynchronousChannelGroup implementation and specify that my channel only
>> accepts this specific channel group. Is that correct?
>>   
> I didn't get a chance to think about that one yet. The only issue that I
> can think of is that an AsynchronousChannelGroup is associated with an
> AsynchronousChannelProvider but in this case then I assume there isn't a
> provider. It would mean the provider method returns null, which is
> probably okay, it's just that the AsynchronousChannelGroup constructor
> does specify that it can be null. 

I think you meant "does *not* specify that it can be null". Okay, so we'd
need to update the documentation there. Can you open a bug report for this?

PS: Why does AsynchronousChannelGroup even need a reference to the provider?
This sounds like an implementation detail...?

Thanks,
Gili

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