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Class IOService

java.lang.Object

me.melchor9000.net.IOService

public class IOService
extends java.lang.Object

Reprents a number of threads that executes the same Event Loop for I/O operations and scheduled blocks of code. Used by Socket and its implementations.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
IOService() Creates one thread that will run all associated IO events
IOService(int numberOfThreads) Creates numberOfThreads threads that will run all associated IO events

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	cancel() Stops the event loop
Future<?>	cancelAsync() Stops the event loop asynchronously, useful when calling this inside a Callback.
void	post(Procedure block) Executes the block of code in the event's loop Thread
Future<?>	schedule(Procedure block, long milliseconds) Executes the block of code in the event's loop Thread, when have passed some milliseconds.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IOService

public IOService()

Creates one thread that will run all associated IO events

IOService

public IOService(int numberOfThreads)

Creates numberOfThreads threads that will run all associated IO events

Parameters:

numberOfThreads - number of threads

Method Detail

post

public void post(Procedure block)

Executes the block of code in the event's loop Thread

Parameters:

block - block of code

schedule

public Future<?> schedule(Procedure block,
                          long milliseconds)

Executes the block of code in the event's loop Thread, when have passed some milliseconds.

Parameters:

block - block of code

milliseconds - milliseconds of delay to execute the code

Returns:

a Future for the scheduled task

cancel

public void cancel()

Stops the event loop

cancelAsync

public Future<?> cancelAsync()

Stops the event loop asynchronously, useful when calling this inside a Callback.

Returns:

Future or null if is cancelled already