NBServer - News

2002.02.11: Finally got around creating API docs as well as an initial FAQ and Getting Started section. Hopefully this will make easier for anyone to tune in.
2002.02.04: Finally the code passes its own JUnit tests. It's been a long wrestling with the unspecified behavior of the JDK, but finally we got it right. Basically, registering a single channel with two selectors (one for OP_READ and one for OP_WRITE) produced erratic behavior on Windows 2000. Now the code is modified to use a single selector to service both OP_READ and OP_WRITE operations. This can lead to underutilization of the full-duplex nature of the network interface, though so the plan is to allow the calling code to choose between separate or joint threads for servicing read and write operations - maybe it works on other platforms.
2002.02.04: The framework shields the user from the max-63-keys-per-selector "feature" on Windows OSes. It will silently create new threads when all available threads already serve 63 channels. It also downscales gracefully - idle threads kill themselves over time. Non-Windows OSes are not affected.
2002.01.21: ProtocolHandler embodying a fairly complete HTTP processor state machine is checked into the CVS. An experimental Tomcat HTTP adapter built on it is the next step.

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