Non-Blocking Sockets Lectures

This module shows how to use non-blocking TCP and UDP sockets

Source code

 The programming examples can be found in GitHub, https://github.com/KTH-ID1212/nio

Videos

• Indroduction to Java NIO and non-blocking sockets Links to an external site.This is the presentation used in the video, nio.pdf Download nio.pdf
• How to use threads with non-blocking sockets Links to an external site.
• File handling program using Java NIO Links to an external site.The example above illustrates the following.
  • Different ways to access a file using Java IO and Java NIO
  • Performance of the different file access strategies
    
    
• The chat program with non-blocking sockets.
  • Client side code Links to an external site.
  • Server side code Links to an external site.
  • Running the chat program in the profiler to see which parts are time consuming Links to an external site.
• The chat program example above illustrates the following.
  • A layered architecture
  • Design and coding best practices
  • Thread usage on client and server when using non-blocking sockets
  • TCP communication with non-blocking sockets