# Uses of Package
java.nio.channels

- Packages that use java.nio.channels
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  com.sun.nio.sctp | A Java API for Stream Control Transport Protocol.
  java.io | Provides for system input and output through data streams, serialization and the file system.
  java.lang | Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language.
  java.net | Provides the classes for implementing networking applications.
  java.nio.channels | Defines channels, which represent connections to entities that are capable of performing I/O operations, such as files and sockets; defines selectors, for multiplexed, non-blocking I/O operations.
  java.nio.channels.spi | Service-provider classes for the `java.nio.channels` package.
  java.nio.file | Defines interfaces and classes for the Java virtual machine to access files, file attributes, and file systems.
  java.nio.file.spi | Service-provider classes for the `java.nio.file` package.
  java.util | Contains the collections framework, some internationalization support classes, a service loader, properties, random number generation, string parsing and scanning classes, base64 encoding and decoding, a bit array, and several miscellaneous utility classes.
  jdk.nio | Defines JDK-specific `channel` APIs.

- Classes in java.nio.channels used by com.sun.nio.sctp
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  Channel | A nexus for I/O operations.
  InterruptibleChannel | A channel that can be asynchronously closed and interrupted.
  SelectableChannel | A channel that can be multiplexed via a `Selector`.

- Classes in java.nio.channels used by java.io
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  FileChannel | A channel for reading, writing, mapping, and manipulating a file.

- Classes in java.nio.channels used by java.lang
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  Channel | A nexus for I/O operations.

- Classes in java.nio.channels used by java.net
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  DatagramChannel | A selectable channel for datagram-oriented sockets.
  ServerSocketChannel | A selectable channel for stream-oriented listening sockets.
  SocketChannel | A selectable channel for stream-oriented connecting sockets.

- Classes in java.nio.channels used by java.nio.channels
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AsynchronousByteChannel | An asynchronous channel that can read and write bytes.
  AsynchronousChannel | A channel that supports asynchronous I/O operations.
  AsynchronousChannelGroup | A grouping of asynchronous channels for the purpose of resource sharing.
  AsynchronousCloseException | Checked exception received by a thread when another thread closes the channel or the part of the channel upon which it is blocked in an I/O operation.
  AsynchronousFileChannel | An asynchronous channel for reading, writing, and manipulating a file.
  AsynchronousServerSocketChannel | An asynchronous channel for stream-oriented listening sockets.
  AsynchronousSocketChannel | An asynchronous channel for stream-oriented connecting sockets.
  ByteChannel | A channel that can read and write bytes.
  Channel | A nexus for I/O operations.
  ClosedChannelException | Checked exception thrown when an attempt is made to invoke or complete an I/O operation upon channel that is closed, or at least closed to that operation.
  CompletionHandler | A handler for consuming the result of an asynchronous I/O operation.
  DatagramChannel | A selectable channel for datagram-oriented sockets.
  FileChannel | A channel for reading, writing, mapping, and manipulating a file.
  FileChannel.MapMode | A file-mapping mode.
  FileLock | A token representing a lock on a region of a file.
  GatheringByteChannel | A channel that can write bytes from a sequence of buffers.
  InterruptibleChannel | A channel that can be asynchronously closed and interrupted.
  MembershipKey | A token representing the membership of an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast group.
  MulticastChannel | A network channel that supports Internet Protocol (IP) multicasting.
  NetworkChannel | A channel to a network socket.
  Pipe | A pair of channels that implements a unidirectional pipe.
  Pipe.SinkChannel | A channel representing the writable end of a `Pipe`.
  Pipe.SourceChannel | A channel representing the readable end of a `Pipe`.
  ReadableByteChannel | A channel that can read bytes.
  ScatteringByteChannel | A channel that can read bytes into a sequence of buffers.
  SeekableByteChannel | A byte channel that maintains a current position and allows the position to be changed.
  SelectableChannel | A channel that can be multiplexed via a `Selector`.
  SelectionKey | A token representing the registration of a `SelectableChannel` with a `Selector`.
  Selector | A multiplexor of `SelectableChannel` objects.
  ServerSocketChannel | A selectable channel for stream-oriented listening sockets.
  SocketChannel | A selectable channel for stream-oriented connecting sockets.
  WritableByteChannel | A channel that can write bytes.

- Classes in java.nio.channels used by java.nio.channels.spi
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AsynchronousChannelGroup | A grouping of asynchronous channels for the purpose of resource sharing.
  AsynchronousCloseException | Checked exception received by a thread when another thread closes the channel or the part of the channel upon which it is blocked in an I/O operation.
  AsynchronousServerSocketChannel | An asynchronous channel for stream-oriented listening sockets.
  AsynchronousSocketChannel | An asynchronous channel for stream-oriented connecting sockets.
  Channel | A nexus for I/O operations.
  ClosedChannelException | Checked exception thrown when an attempt is made to invoke or complete an I/O operation upon channel that is closed, or at least closed to that operation.
  DatagramChannel | A selectable channel for datagram-oriented sockets.
  InterruptibleChannel | A channel that can be asynchronously closed and interrupted.
  Pipe | A pair of channels that implements a unidirectional pipe.
  SelectableChannel | A channel that can be multiplexed via a `Selector`.
  SelectionKey | A token representing the registration of a `SelectableChannel` with a `Selector`.
  Selector | A multiplexor of `SelectableChannel` objects.
  ServerSocketChannel | A selectable channel for stream-oriented listening sockets.
  SocketChannel | A selectable channel for stream-oriented connecting sockets.

- Classes in java.nio.channels used by java.nio.file
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  SeekableByteChannel | A byte channel that maintains a current position and allows the position to be changed.

- Classes in java.nio.channels used by java.nio.file.spi
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AsynchronousFileChannel | An asynchronous channel for reading, writing, and manipulating a file.
  FileChannel | A channel for reading, writing, mapping, and manipulating a file.
  SeekableByteChannel | A byte channel that maintains a current position and allows the position to be changed.

- Classes in java.nio.channels used by java.util
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  ReadableByteChannel | A channel that can read bytes.

- Classes in java.nio.channels used by jdk.nio
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  SelectableChannel | A channel that can be multiplexed via a `Selector`.