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+/*
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+
+package java.nio.channels;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future; // javadoc
+
+/**
+ * A channel that supports asynchronous I/O operations. Asynchronous I/O
+ * operations will usually take one of two forms:
+ *
+ * <ol>
+ * <li><pre>{@link Future}<V> <em>operation</em>(<em>...</em>)</pre></li>
+ * <li><pre>void <em>operation</em>(<em>...</em> A attachment, {@link
+ * CompletionHandler}<V,? super A> handler)</pre></li>
+ * </ol>
+ *
+ * where <i>operation</i> is the name of the I/O operation (read or write for
+ * example), <i>V</i> is the result type of the I/O operation, and <i>A</i> is
+ * the type of an object attached to the I/O operation to provide context when
+ * consuming the result. The attachment is important for cases where a
+ * <em>state-less</em> {@code CompletionHandler} is used to consume the result
+ * of many I/O operations.
+ *
+ * <p> In the first form, the methods defined by the {@link Future Future}
+ * interface may be used to check if the operation has completed, wait for its
+ * completion, and to retrieve the result. In the second form, a {@link
+ * CompletionHandler} is invoked to consume the result of the I/O operation when
+ * it completes or fails.
+ *
+ * <p> A channel that implements this interface is <em>asynchronously
+ * closeable</em>: If an I/O operation is outstanding on the channel and the
+ * channel's {@link #close close} method is invoked, then the I/O operation
+ * fails with the exception {@link AsynchronousCloseException}.
+ *
+ * <p> Asynchronous channels are safe for use by multiple concurrent threads.
+ * Some channel implementations may support concurrent reading and writing, but
+ * may not allow more than one read and one write operation to be outstanding at
+ * any given time.
+ *
+ * <h2>Cancellation</h2>
+ *
+ * <p> The {@code Future} interface defines the {@link Future#cancel cancel}
+ * method to cancel execution. This causes all threads waiting on the result of
+ * the I/O operation to throw {@link java.util.concurrent.CancellationException}.
+ * Whether the underlying I/O operation can be cancelled is highly implementation
+ * specific and therefore not specified. Where cancellation leaves the channel,
+ * or the entity to which it is connected, in an inconsistent state, then the
+ * channel is put into an implementation specific <em>error state</em> that
+ * prevents further attempts to initiate I/O operations that are <i>similar</i>
+ * to the operation that was cancelled. For example, if a read operation is
+ * cancelled but the implementation cannot guarantee that bytes have not been
+ * read from the channel then it puts the channel into an error state; further
+ * attempts to initiate a {@code read} operation cause an unspecified runtime
+ * exception to be thrown. Similarly, if a write operation is cancelled but the
+ * implementation cannot guarantee that bytes have not been written to the
+ * channel then subsequent attempts to initiate a {@code write} will fail with
+ * an unspecified runtime exception.
+ *
+ * <p> Where the {@link Future#cancel cancel} method is invoked with the {@code
+ * mayInterruptIfRunning} parameter set to {@code true} then the I/O operation
+ * may be interrupted by closing the channel. In that case all threads waiting
+ * on the result of the I/O operation throw {@code CancellationException} and
+ * any other I/O operations outstanding on the channel complete with the
+ * exception {@link AsynchronousCloseException}.
+ *
+ * <p> Where the {@code cancel} method is invoked to cancel read or write
+ * operations then it is recommended that all buffers used in the I/O operations
+ * be discarded or care taken to ensure that the buffers are not accessed while
+ * the channel remains open.
+ *
+ * @since 1.7
+ */
+
+public interface AsynchronousChannel
+ extends Channel
+{
+ /**
+ * Closes this channel.
+ *
+ * <p> Any outstanding asynchronous operations upon this channel will
+ * complete with the exception {@link AsynchronousCloseException}. After a
+ * channel is closed, further attempts to initiate asynchronous I/O
+ * operations complete immediately with cause {@link ClosedChannelException}.
+ *
+ * <p> This method otherwise behaves exactly as specified by the {@link
+ * Channel} interface.
+ *
+ * @throws IOException
+ * If an I/O error occurs
+ */
+ @Override
+ void close() throws IOException;
+}