[RFA/JDWP] Event basics

[Cedric Berger]

Keith Seitz wrote:

>Fact is, I haven't seen java.nio used much (it's all new to me).
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Yeah, It is new in jdk 1.4, but this "new" api is not supposed to 
replace the "old" one.
It is a lower-level API, somewhat less user-friendly, but faster and 
more powerful
for this kind of packet-based, low-level applications. Also, you don't 
need to use
threads, you've the C "poll()" function available.

>I presume you mean a ByteBuffer?
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Yes.

>I'll have to keep that in mind for any outstanding work. Perhaps I'll
>just get what I have finished and then switch everything over in one
>fell swoop.
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Makes sense.  Actually, it wouldn't be that difficult to update the 
code. The
toPacket could be replaced to write directly to a buffer, so it actually 
becomes
much simpler, no more exceptions, allocations, ...

  public void toPacket(ByteBuffer bb, int requestId, byte suspendPolicy)
    {
      bb.put(suspendPolicy);
      bb.putInt(1);
      bb.put(_eventKind);
      bb.putInt(requestId);
      _writeData(bb);
    }

Cedric