Cancellable.getFd

Gets the file descriptor for a cancellable job. This can be used to implement cancellable operations on Unix systems. The returned fd will turn readable when cancellable is cancelled.

You are not supposed to read from the fd yourself, just check for readable status. Reading to unset the readable status is done with Cancellable.reset.

After a successful return from this function, you should use Cancellable.releaseFd to free up resources allocated for the returned file descriptor.

See also Cancellable.makePollfd.

class Cancellable
int
getFd
()

Return Value

Type: int

A valid file descriptor. -1 if the file descriptor is not supported, or on errors.