InterruptibleChannel

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

[Expand] Inherited Methods
From interface java.io.Closeable abstract void close() Closes the object and release any system resources it holds.
From interface java.nio.channels.Channel abstract void close() Closes an open channel. abstract boolean isOpen() Returns true if this channel is open.