Where can I get info on java nio package?
Thanks
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From: "Christopher K. St. John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: getLastModified(), was:Re: url mapping - Java nio
> Peter Huber wrote:
> >
> > I clearly see and like the advantage of nio package
> > over io, but it's 'only' a little step further.
> >
>
> I wrote a dirty little HTTP server using the nio
> classes, and did some quick benchmarking against
> Apache and thttpd. The results indicate that it's
> a fairly big step forward in Java's ability to
> handle reasonable numbers of connections without
> bogging down in infinite-number-of-threads-land.
>
> The idea isn't to replace Zeus on your 100 gazillion
> dollar 32 processor wonder machine. The idea is to
> avoid having to install Apache on your departmental
> server just because you have to serve a few static
> files in addition to servlets. The new nio classes
> allow you to do that quite nicely.
>
> Check out specifically FileChannel.transferTo and
> MappedByteBuffer in addition to Selector. There are
> some bells and whistles missing (like the ability
> to CORK with transferTo), but they appear to get the
> job done quite nicely for the vast majority of users
> who don't need to fill a multi-gigabit pipe or
> handle 500k simultaneous users...
>
>
> --
> Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> DistribuTopia http://www.distributopia.com
>
>
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