Editing Non-blocking I/O (Java) (section)

'''java.nio''' (NIO stands for New Input/Output<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/core/java-nio.html|website=doc.oracle.com|accessdate=4 December 2024|title=Java NIO - Java Core Libraries Developer Guide}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/j-nio/|website=developer.ibm.com|accessdate=30 September 2022|title=Getting started with new I/O (NIO)}}</ref>) is a collection of [[Java (programming language)|Java programming language]] [[application programming interface|API]]s that offer features for intensive [[Input/output|I/O]] operations. It was introduced with the [[Java Platform, Standard Edition|J2SE]] 1.4 release of Java by [[Sun Microsystems]] to complement an existing standard I/O.  NIO was developed under the [[Java Community Process]] as JSR 51.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=51
|title=JSR 51: New I/O APIs for the JavaTM Platform
|accessdate=2009-05-23
|work=The Java Community Process(SM) Program - JSRs: Java Specification Requests
}}</ref> An extension to NIO that offers a new file system API, called NIO.2, was released with [[Java SE 7]] ("Dolphin").<ref>
"This JSR will be delivered as part of Java SE 7 "Dolphin"."
{{cite web
|url=http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=203
|title=JSR 203: More New I/O APIs for the JavaTM Platform ("NIO.2")
|date=2006-01-30
|accessdate=2009-05-23
|work=The Java Community Process(SM) Program - JSRs: Java Specification Requests
}}</ref>