This is a pretty straight forward question, but I have found a need to unregister a selector overlooking my socket channel for java.
SocketChannel client = myServer.accept(); //forks off another client socket
client.configureBlocking(false);//this channel takes in multiple request
client.register(mySelector, SelectionKey.OP_READ | SelectionKey.OP_WRITE);//changed from r to rw
Where I can later in the program call something like
client.deregister(mySelector);
And that the selector will no longer catch data keys for that socket channel. This would make life much easier for me given my server/client design.
A selector provides a mechanism for monitoring one or more NIO channels and recognizing when one or more become available for data transfer. This way, a single thread can be used for managing multiple channels, and thus multiple network connections.
A selectable channel for stream-oriented connecting sockets. A socket channel is created by invoking one of the open methods of this class. It is not possible to create a channel for an arbitrary, pre-existing socket. A newly-created socket channel is open but not yet connected.
Call cancel()
on the selection key:
SelectionKey key = client.register(mySelector,
SelectionKey.OP_READ | SelectionKey.OP_WRITE);
...
key.cancel();
or
...
SelectionKey key = client.keyFor(mySelector);
key.cancel();
In addition to @Nikolai 's answer. Doing client.close()
will also deregister the channel.
A key is added to its selector's cancelled-key set when it is cancelled, whether by closing its channel or by invoking its cancel method.
From https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/channels/Selector.html
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