Re: [tcljava-dev] Socket stuff - good time to improve?

[Shawn B. <sh...@qc...>]

Neil Madden wrote:

>Neil Madden wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>OK - my exams are over, and I have some time to look again at my socket
>>code in Jacl. It needs some work. After the messages a while ago about
>>common functionality in the Channel class, is now a good time for me to
>>review the socket code and try and finish it off? i.e. - is the Channel
>>class in a finished state? Also, what is the model for integrating with
>>fconfigure, fileevent etc? Has work begun on fileevent?
>>
>
>I've looked at the new async I/O in Java 1.4, and I think it will be
>much more useful than the current synchronous Java I/O (reminds me quite
>a lot of a long-winded way of doing what Jacl does for I/O anyway).
>However, the calls and classes involved are completely different (for
>both async and synchronous I/O). So, how should I go about this? I think
>I'm going to try and implement asynchronous I/O just using the current
>stuff and Threads for the time being, and then I can think about 1.4. I
>think the best way to get 1.4 IO would be to use conditional execution
>to decide which SocketChannel implementation to load, as it would
>probably have to go into a separate class (it's a rewrite of the entire
>
Agreed. You have to maintain compatibility with Java 1.1/1.2/1.3.

>
>thing for the new APIs). Is anyone thinking of using the new APIs for
>file IO?
>
>Thoughts?
>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Neil.
>>

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