[sctp-dev] Relations to "Support asynchronous I/O" in nio2

Chris Hegarty chris.hegarty at oracle.com
Tue Jan 4 04:03:43 PST 2011


On 28/12/2010 13:39, Gustav Veide wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm curios in how the new SCTP support in JDK 7 relates to the
> new AsynchronousChannel and AsynchronousByteChannel interfaces in nio2.

Currently there is no asynchronous support within the SCTP package. We 
support only non-blocking selectable channels.

> Will it be possible to interact with SCTP sockets in the same async
> manner as with UDP and TCP sockets?

There is no immediate plan to support asynchronous SCTP channels. In 
fact, you're the first person I've come across requesting this. Do you 
mind letting us know what you're planning to do with it?

-Chris.

>
> Regards Gustav


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