java.net: Classpath vs. libgcj Comparison

Wed Apr 19 02:30:00 GMT 2000

Per Bothner wrote:
> It might
> make sense to rename the latter to UnixSocketImpl or something, but I
> see no reason why the existing class can't continue to use
> FileDescriptor (except perhaps the timeout issue someone mentioned).
> We should probably also create and installed an explicit
> UnixSocketImplFactory rather than having that be implicit.

I agree. The problem of implementing socket timeouts could be solved at the
InputStream/OutputStream level. Rather than having {Plain|Unix}SocketImpl
create a FileOutputStream, we could have a native SocketOutputStream that
wraps the filedescriptor calls with select() if required. Unfortunatly this
means we'll need a natPosixSocketOutputStream, natWin32SocketOutputStream,
etc...
regards
 [ bryce ]