Interface SocketOption<T>

Type Parameters:: T - The type of the socket option value.

All Known Subinterfaces:: SctpSocketOption<T>

public interface SocketOption<T>

A socket option associated with a socket.

In the channels package, the NetworkChannel interface defines the setOption and getOption methods to set and query the channel's socket options.

Since:

1.7

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`name()`	Returns the name of the socket option.
`Class<T>`	`type()`	Returns the type of the socket option value.

Method Details

name

String name()

Returns the name of the socket option.

Returns:: the name of the socket option

type

Class<T> type()

Returns the type of the socket option value.

Returns:: the type of the socket option value

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