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Summary: Methods | Inherited Methods | [Expand All]

Added in API level 1

public interface

InterruptibleChannel

implements Channel

java.nio.channels.InterruptibleChannel

Known Indirect Subclasses

AbstractInterruptibleChannel , AbstractSelectableChannel , DatagramChannel , FileChannel , Pipe.SinkChannel , Pipe.SourceChannel , SelectableChannel , ServerSocketChannel , SocketChannel

AbstractInterruptibleChannel	`AbstractInterruptibleChannel` is the root class for interruptible channels.
AbstractSelectableChannel	`AbstractSelectableChannel` is the base implementation class for selectable channels.
DatagramChannel	A `DatagramChannel` is a selectable channel that represents a partial abstraction of a datagram socket.
FileChannel	An abstract channel type for interaction with a platform file.
Pipe.SinkChannel	Writable sink channel used to write to a pipe.
Pipe.SourceChannel	Readable source channel used to read from a pipe.
SelectableChannel	A channel that can be used with a `Selector` .
ServerSocketChannel	A `ServerSocketChannel` is a partial abstraction of a selectable, stream-oriented listening socket.
SocketChannel	A `SocketChannel` is a selectable channel that provides a partial abstraction of stream connecting socket.

Class Overview

Channels that implement this interface can be asynchronously closed and interrupted.

A channel that can be asynchronously closed permits that a thread blocked on an I/O operation (the I/O thread) can be released by another thread calling the channel's close() method. The I/O thread will throw an AsynchronousCloseException and the channel will be closed.

A channel that is interruptible permits a thread blocked on an I/O operation (the I/O thread) to be interrupted by another thread (by invoking interrupt() on the I/O thread). When the I/O thread is interrupted it will throw a ClosedByInterruptException , it will have its interrupted status set and the channel will be closed. If the I/O thread attempts to make an I/O call with the interrupt status set the call will immediately fail with a ClosedByInterruptException .

Summary

Public Methods
abstract void	close () Closes the channel.

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Inherited Methods

From interface java.io.Closeable

From interface java.lang.AutoCloseable

From interface java.nio.channels.Channel

Public Methods

public abstract void close ()

Added in API level 1

Closes the channel.

Any threads that are blocked on I/O operations on this channel will be interrupted with an AsynchronousCloseException . Otherwise, this method behaves the same as defined in the Channel interface.

Throws

IOException	if an I/O error occurs while closing the channel.

Results

Interfaces