nonblocking

An introduction to nonblocking algorithms: Describes how concurrent algorithms can be implemented without locks, using atomic variables.

As the nonblocking channel is read, it is written into a pipe that is being consumed by a second thread.

A nonblocking read makes no guarantee to the caller besides the fact that it won't block.

And best of all, DWR can auto-detect when it's running under Jetty and switch to using Continuations for nonblocking Comet.

The nonblocking version has several performance advantages over the lock-based version.

Because nonblocking channels give no indication when a message has been fully read, we are forced to handle this at the protocol layer.

Nonblocking algorithms tend to be far more complicated than lock-based ones.

Channels can be used in a blocking or a nonblocking mode, though of course we will focus on using channels in nonblocking mode.

Nonblocking invocations are useful in designing user interfaces and when service invocations take a lot of time.

In nonblocking mode, the thread will read whatever amount of data is available and return to perform other tasks.

Data is read from the channel in a nonblocking fashion and written to the Client object.

The createPipe subroutine is a simple method to create a nonblocking read from a pipe using threads.

In Chapter 2, we focus on the performance analysis of internal nonblocking packet switches with Bernoulli traffic arrival model.

Nonblocking algorithms are often called optimistic because they proceed with the assumption that there will be no interference.

If you dive into the JVM and OS, you'll find nonblocking algorithms everywhere.

You can provide a nonblocking API to the client so it can hand over the request to the SOAP engine and continue with the other work.

Nonblocking reads and writes are essential to NIO, but they don't come trouble free.

Many articles followed, explaining the basics of NIO and how to leverage the benefits of nonblocking channels.

Developing nonblocking algorithms is a rather specialized discipline, and it can be extremely difficult to prove their correctness.

Thus it can be avoided efficiently to misuse blocking and nonblocking assignments.

Nonblocking algorithms are used extensively at the operating system and JVM level for tasks such as thread and process scheduling.

On the other hand, a nonblocking read might read more than enough, forcing an overhead buffer for the next call.

To make the channel nonblocking, we call configureBlockingMethod(false) on the channel, as shown here