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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+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();
+    }
+
+}