This SDN article reports on JSR 203, now a part of JDK 7, which brings a new API to the file system and provides functionality that Java developers have long requested: * An extensive File I/O API system addresses feature requests that developers have sought since the inception of the JDK. * A socket channel API addresses multicasting, socket binding associated with channels, and related issues. * An asynchronous I/O API enables mapping to I/O facilities, completion ports, and various I/O event port mechanisms to enhance scalability.
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