Should thread blocked by java NIO Selector.select() be considered waiting or running

Question

The documentation of selectorObj.select() method states

This method performs a blocking selection operation. It returns only after at l

Answer 1

It depends on the profiler. JProfiler shows the time when the selector thread is blocked on Selector.select() as "Network I/O". So, the best way to interpret the blocked Selector.select() as "Waiting for data".

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Slava Imeshev

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