> On 9 Nov 2015, at 19:07, Roger Riggs <roger.ri...@oracle.com> wrote:
>> >> Why do you need to use a FileDescriptor rather than an int? AFAICT >> FileDescriptor is used as a box to the underlying descriptor that is >> accessed via shared secrets. > It is a cleaner encapsulation for the file descriptor. On Windows, it is a > handle, not a fd. Ah, i see, windows wants a long value. Thanks, Paul.