Multicast channels...?

[SabaUd]

Hello,
I have an application that is using many DatagramChannels, and
registers them to a Selector.
Now, I want to add a multicast communication to the application.
The MulticastSocket extends the DatagramSocket, but there seem to be
no "MulticastChannel".
The DatagramChannel.open() method creates a channel with a
DatagramSocket.
Is there anyway to "set" the wanted socket for the channel? Or is
there any Channel that can be defined in the socket it opens?

Thank's
Udi

 

[Gordon Beaton]

Now, I want to add a multicast communication to the application. The
MulticastSocket extends the DatagramSocket, but there seem to be no
"MulticastChannel".

Create a MulticastSocket with the desired properties and call
getChannel() to get the channel for it.

/gordon

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[SabaUd]

Create a MulticastSocket with the desired properties and call

getChannel() to get the channel for it.

Can't... The getChannel() method returns the channel associated with
the socket if (and only if) the channel was created with the
DatagramChannel.open() method. Otherwise the method returns null...

 

[Gordon Beaton]

Can't... The getChannel() method returns the channel associated with
the socket if (and only if) the channel was created with the
DatagramChannel.open() method. Otherwise the method returns null...

Hmm sorry. Strange though that MulticastSocket inherits the
getChannel() method from DatagramSocket when there is (AFAIK) no other
way to create the necessary channel.

This might offer more insight into the situation:
http://blogs.sun.com/alanb/entry/multicasting_with_nio

/gordon

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