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package sun.nio.ch;

// Signalling operations on native threads

//

// On some operating systems (e.g., Linux), closing a channel while another

// thread is blocked in an I/O operation upon that channel does not cause that

// thread to be released.  This class provides access to the native threads

// upon which Java threads are built, and defines a simple signal mechanism

// that can be used to release a native thread from a blocking I/O operation.

// On systems that do not require this type of signalling, the current() method

// always returns zero and the signal(long) method has no effect.

class NativeThread {

    // Returns an opaque token representing the native thread underlying the

    // invoking Java thread.  On systems that do not require signalling, this

    // method always returns zero.

    //

    static native long current();

    // Signals the given native thread so as to release it from a blocking I/O

    // operation.  On systems that do not require signalling, this method has

    // no effect.

    //

    static native void signal(long nt);

    static native void init();

    static {

        Util.load();

        init();

    }

}