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, nio.webm. This is the presentation used in the video, nio.pdf
How to use threads with non-blocking sockets, threads-with-non-blocking-sockets.webm
File handling program using Java NIO, filecopytimer.webm. This example 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, nio-chat-client.webm
- Server side code, nio-chat-server.webm
- Running the chat program in the profiler to see which parts are time consuming, nio-chat-profiler.webm
The chat program example 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