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1. Java NIO: reading variable-sized blocks    stackoverflow.com

I would like to read a string from a TCP stream that is given with a byte length followed by the actual data. In Python, I would do

length = ord(stream.read(1))
data = ...

2. Mixing NIO with IO    stackoverflow.com

Usually you have a single bound tcp port and several connections on these. At least there are usually more connections as bound ports. My case is different: I want to bind ...

3. Configurable blocking and non-blocking requests in NIO    stackoverflow.com

I am planning to use java NIO for my project, but one of my requirement is to keep the requests configurable, i.e. the client can select the request to be: 1. ...

4. NIO Selector activating immediately and not blocking on select(). Spinning through loop uncontrollably    stackoverflow.com

I have a selector thread: http://www.copypastecode.com/83442/ It has a list of ChangeRequests it processes, then blocks, then processes Keys. The methods connect and send are the only ones ...

5. What is non blocking in nio    coderanch.com

As per the java doc Selector class A selectable channel is either in blocking mode or in non-blocking mode. In blocking mode, every I/O operation invoked upon the channel will block until it completes. In non-blocking mode an I/O operation will never block and may transfer fewer bytes than were requested or possibly no bytes at all. The blocking mode of ...