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/* * Copyright (c) 2000, 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ package java.nio.channels; import java.io.IOException;import java.io.Closeable;  /** * A nexus for I/O operations. * * <p> A channel represents an open connection to an entity such as a hardware * device, a file, a network socket, or a program component that is capable of * performing one or more distinct I/O operations, for example reading or * writing. * * <p> A channel is either open or closed.  A channel is open upon creation, * and once closed it remains closed.  Once a channel is closed, any attempt to * invoke an I/O operation upon it will cause a {@link ClosedChannelException} * to be thrown.  Whether or not a channel is open may be tested by invoking * its {@link #isOpen isOpen} method. * * <p> Channels are, in general, intended to be safe for multithreaded access * as described in the specifications of the interfaces and classes that extend * and implement this interface. * * * @author Mark Reinhold * @author JSR-51 Expert Group * @since 1.4 */ public interface Channel extends Closeable {     /**     * Tells whether or not this channel is open.  </p>     *     * @return <tt>true</tt> if, and only if, this channel is open     */    public boolean isOpen();     /**     * Closes this channel.     *     * <p> After a channel is closed, any further attempt to invoke I/O     * operations upon it will cause a {@link ClosedChannelException} to be     * thrown.     *     * <p> If this channel is already closed then invoking this method has no     * effect.     *     * <p> This method may be invoked at any time.  If some other thread has     * already invoked it, however, then another invocation will block until     * the first invocation is complete, after which it will return without     * effect. </p>     *     * @throws  IOException  If an I/O error occurs     */    public void close() throws IOException; }