Re: RFR [9] 8157166: Update spec to account for platforms that do not support multicast

2016-06-16 Thread Alan Bateman
On 16/06/2016 16:38, Chris Hegarty wrote: On 16 Jun 2016, at 16:31, Alan Bateman wrote: On 16/06/2016 16:03, Chris Hegarty wrote: Some platforms do not support multicasting, but the current spec requires that it is supported. It seems reasonable to relax this, somewhat, so that multicastin

Re: RFR [9] 8157166: Update spec to account for platforms that do not support multicast

2016-06-16 Thread Chris Hegarty
> On 16 Jun 2016, at 16:31, Alan Bateman wrote: > > On 16/06/2016 16:03, Chris Hegarty wrote: > >> Some platforms do not support multicasting, but the current spec requires >> that >> it is supported. It seems reasonable to relax this, somewhat, so that >> multicasting >> is effectively optio

Re: RFR [9] 8157166: Update spec to account for platforms that do not support multicast

2016-06-16 Thread Alan Bateman
On 16/06/2016 16:03, Chris Hegarty wrote: Some platforms do not support multicasting, but the current spec requires that it is supported. It seems reasonable to relax this, somewhat, so that multicasting is effectively optional on these platforms. java.net.MulticastSocket.joinGroup and java.ni

RFR [9] 8157166: Update spec to account for platforms that do not support multicast

2016-06-16 Thread Chris Hegarty
Some platforms do not support multicasting, but the current spec requires that it is supported. It seems reasonable to relax this, somewhat, so that multicasting is effectively optional on these platforms. java.net.MulticastSocket.joinGroup and java.nio.channels.MulticastChannel.join method spec