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25 
26 package sun.nio.ch;
27 
28 
29 // Signalling operations on native threads
30 //
31 // On some operating systems (e.g., Linux), closing a channel while another
32 // thread is blocked in an I/O operation upon that channel does not cause that
33 // thread to be released.  This class provides access to the native threads
34 // upon which Java threads are built, and defines a simple signal mechanism
35 // that can be used to release a native thread from a blocking I/O operation.
36 // On systems that do not require this type of signalling, the current() method
37 // always returns -1 and the signal(long) method has no effect.
38 
39 
40 public class NativeThread {
41 
42     // Returns an opaque token representing the native thread underlying the
43     // invoking Java thread.  On systems that do not require signalling, this
44     // method always returns -1.
45     //
current()46     public static native long current();
47 
48     // Signals the given native thread so as to release it from a blocking I/O
49     // operation.  On systems that do not require signalling, this method has
50     // no effect.
51     //
signal(long nt)52     public static native void signal(long nt);
53 
54     // Android-removed: Code to load native libraries, doesn't make sense on Android.
55     /*
56     private static native void init();
57 
58     static {
59         IOUtil.load();
60         init();
61     }
62     */
63 
64 }
65