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Don Brinn wrote:
> When two different threads in the same JVM communicate with each other
> via a socket-connection, what sort of shortcuts/bypasses will the JVM
> do?
>
> Will socket requests even reach the OS? Or is the JVM clever enough
> to bypass this and instead use some higher-level, more efficient
> method of intra-VM communication?
>
> Thanks,
> Don Brinn

It's not up to the JVM to perform shortcuts as it needn't know about
the lower-level implementation. If you want to provide intra-thread
communication then look at the PipedInputStream/PipedOutputStream
mechanism.

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 03:07:44 -0400, Sudsy <>
wrote or quoted :

>If you want to provide intra-thread
>communication then look at the PipedInputStream/PipedOutputStream
>mechanism.

for sample code using pipes see http://mindprod.com/fileio.html

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