SocketChannel (Netty API Reference (5.0.0.Alpha4))

All Superinterfaces:: AttributeMap, Channel, ChannelOutboundInvoker, Comparable<Channel>, FuturePromiseFactory, IoHandle

All Known Implementing Classes:: EpollSocketChannel, KQueueSocketChannel, NioSocketChannel

public interface SocketChannel
extends Channel

A Socket Channel.

Available options

In addition to the options provided by Channel, SocketChannel allows the following options in the option map:

`ChannelOption`	`INET`	`INET6`	`UNIX`
`ChannelOption.SO_KEEPALIVE`	X	X	-
`ChannelOption.SO_REUSEADDR`	X	X	-
`ChannelOption.SO_LINGER`	X	X	-
`ChannelOption.TCP_NODELAY`	X	X	-
`ChannelOption.SO_RCVBUF`	X	X	X
`ChannelOption.SO_SNDBUF`	X	X	X
`ChannelOption.IP_TOS`	X	X	-

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  ServerSocketChannel parent()
  Returns the parent of this channel.
  - Methods inherited from interface io.netty5.util.AttributeMap
    attr, hasAttr
  - Methods inherited from interface io.netty5.channel.Channel
    bind, bufferAllocator, close, closeFuture, connect, connect, deregister, disconnect, executor, flush, getOption, id, isActive, isOpen, isOptionSupported, isShutdown, isWritable, localAddress, metadata, pipeline, read, register, remoteAddress, sendOutboundEvent, setOption, shutdown, writableBytes, write, writeAndFlush
  - Methods inherited from interface io.netty5.channel.ChannelOutboundInvoker
    newFailedFuture, newPromise, newSucceededFuture, newSucceededFuture
  - Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
    compareTo
  - Methods inherited from interface io.netty5.channel.IoHandle
    isRegistered

- Method Detail
  - parent
```
ServerSocketChannel parent()
```
    Description copied from interface: Channel
    
    Returns the parent of this channel.
    
    Specified by:
    
    parent in interface Channel
    
    Returns:
    
    the parent channel. null if this channel does not have a parent channel.