Java Reactor Pattern with java.io Package

Question

I see in several application source like Minecraft and JIrcs they both use java.io to implement Reactor Plugin (if I'm not wrong) and also in this article. So, what is the difference between java.io and java.nio when implementing Reactor Pattern? I mean, like performance advantage, process efficiency etc and where i can get good tutorial if you think java.io is the good solution to implement Reactor Pattern (since google give me tons of java.nio tuts not java.io as i want)

Answer 1

It isn't really true that NIO is faster. Paul Tyma demolished that myth sometime back.

http://mailinator.blogspot.in/2008/02/kill-myth-please-nio-is-not-faster-than.html

http://paultyma.blogspot.in/2008/03/writing-java-multithreaded-servers.html

Hope that help.