AKKA IO

[Maatary Okouya]

Hi, 

just to be certain, does AKK IO use Java NIO 2 or simply Java NIO 1.  In other words does it use non-blocking or asynchronous IO under the hood. Accessorily, If any one know here, is there a performance comparison between asynchronous IO VS non-blocking IO. Also it sounds to me that akka use non-blocking IO to implement synchronous IO. 

So it is a bit confusing how this stack altogether. To my understanding and my reading of AKKA IO design, i would say it is based on NIO 1 a.k.a non-blocking IO a.ka.  NIO: selectors / reactor pattern. So how does that make it Asynchronous ?

If someone can help clarify a little what is going on that would be great. 

Best,

Daniel

[Derek Williams]

It is asynchronous because it does not wait for data to be transferred before returning control: it doesn't block.

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[Konrad Malawski]

Hi Maatary!

You may enjoy this talk I have on "the need for async" in which I talk about how async IO differs from synchronous IO.

See from 17th minute for the part about IO. 

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Konrad 'ktoso' Malawski

Akka @ Typesafe

[Maatary Okouya]

Many thanks. Very very helpful material !!! Great Job !!!

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