Hi Vitaly,
On 19/01/2021 19:01, Vitaly Davidovich wrote:
That was an API mistake in Java 1.4. When DatagramChannel was
updated to support joining multicast groups (in Java 7) it was able
to get the parameters right.
Would it make sense to make a note of this aspect in joinGroup's javadoc?
There's some veiled hint about that in the API note in the
MulticastSocket class level API documentation (that we added
in JDK 15):
https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/15/docs/api/java.base/java/net/MulticastSocket.html
<<<
API Note:
DatagramChannel implements the MulticastChannel interface and
provides an alternative API for sending and receiving multicast
datagrams. The MulticastChannel API supports both any-source and
source-specific multicast.
>>>
But yes, as Alan says, the javadoc could still be improved.
best regards,
-- daniel
