java.nio.channels

Interface Channel

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.io.Closeable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ByteChannel, GatheringByteChannel, InterruptibleChannel, ReadableByteChannel, ScatteringByteChannel, WritableByteChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

java.nio.channels.spi.AbstractInterruptibleChannel, java.nio.channels.spi.AbstractSelectableChannel, DatagramChannel, FileChannel, Pipe.SinkChannel, Pipe.SourceChannel, SelectableChannel, ServerSocketChannel, SocketChannel

public interface Channel
extends java.io.Closeable

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes this channel
boolean	isOpen() Tells whether this channel is open or not

Method Detail

isOpen

boolean isOpen()

Tells whether this channel is open or not

Returns:

trueif channel is open, false otherwise

close

void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Closes this channel

Specified by:

close in interface java.lang.AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface java.io.Closeable

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an error occurs