* bind(local, 0);
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param   local
     *          The local address to bind the socket, or {@code null} to bind
     *          to an automatically assigned socket address
     *
     * @return  This channel
     *
     * @throws  AlreadyBoundException               {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws  UnsupportedAddressTypeException     {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws  ClosedChannelException              {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws  IOException                         {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws  SecurityException
     *          If a security manager has been installed and its {@link
     *          SecurityManager#checkListen checkListen} method denies the
     *          operation
     *
     * @since 1.7
     */
    public final ServerSocketChannel bind(SocketAddress local)
        throws IOException
    {
        return bind(local, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Binds the channel's socket to a local address and configures the socket to
     * listen for connections.
     *
     * <p> This method is used to establish an association between the socket and
     * a local address. Once an association is established then the socket remains
     * bound until the channel is closed.
     *
     * <p> The {@code backlog} parameter is the maximum number of pending
     * connections on the socket. Its exact semantics are implementation specific.
     * In particular, an implementation may impose a maximum length or may choose
     * to ignore the parameter altogther. If the {@code backlog} parameter has
     * the value {@code 0}, or a negative value, then an implementation specific
     * default is used.
     *
     * @param   local
     *          The address to bind the socket, or {@code null} to bind to an
     *          automatically assigned socket address
     * @param   backlog
     *          The maximum number of pending connections
     *
     * @return  This channel
     *
     * @throws  AlreadyBoundException
     *          If the socket is already bound
     * @throws  UnsupportedAddressTypeException
     *          If the type of the given address is not supported
     * @throws  ClosedChannelException
     *          If this channel is closed
     * @throws  IOException
     *          If some other I/O error occurs
     * @throws  SecurityException
     *          If a security manager has been installed and its {@link
     *          SecurityManager#checkListen checkListen} method denies the
     *          operation
     *
     * @since 1.7
     */
    public abstract ServerSocketChannel bind(SocketAddress local, int backlog)
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * @throws  UnsupportedOperationException           {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException                {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws  ClosedChannelException                  {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws  IOException                             {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @since 1.7
     */
    public abstract <T> ServerSocketChannel setOption(SocketOption name, T value)
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Retrieves a server socket associated with this channel.
     *
     * <p> The returned object will not declare any public methods that are not
     * declared in the {@link java.net.ServerSocket} class.  </p>
     *
     * @return  A server socket associated with this channel
     */
    public abstract ServerSocket socket();

    /**
     * Accepts a connection made to this channel's socket.
     *
     * <p> If this channel is in non-blocking mode then this method will
     * immediately return <tt>null if there are no pending connections.
     * Otherwise it will block indefinitely until a new connection is available
     * or an I/O error occurs.
     *
     * <p> The socket channel returned by this method, if any, will be in
     * blocking mode regardless of the blocking mode of this channel.
     *
     * <p> This method performs exactly the same security checks as the {@link
     * java.net.ServerSocket#accept accept} method of the {@link
     * java.net.ServerSocket} class.  That is, if a security manager has been
     * installed then for each new connection this method verifies that the
     * address and port number of the connection's remote endpoint are
     * permitted by the security manager's {@link
     * java.lang.SecurityManager#checkAccept checkAccept} method.  </p>
     *
     * @return  The socket channel for the new connection,
     *          or <tt>null if this channel is in non-blocking mode
     *          and no connection is available to be accepted
     *
     * @throws  ClosedChannelException
     *          If this channel is closed
     *
     * @throws  AsynchronousCloseException
     *          If another thread closes this channel
     *          while the accept operation is in progress
     *
     * @throws  ClosedByInterruptException
     *          If another thread interrupts the current thread
     *          while the accept operation is in progress, thereby
     *          closing the channel and setting the current thread's
     *          interrupt status
     *
     * @throws  NotYetBoundException
     *          If this channel's socket has not yet been bound
     *
     * @throws  SecurityException
     *          If a security manager has been installed
     *          and it does not permit access to the remote endpoint
     *          of the new connection
     *
     * @throws  IOException
     *          If some other I/O error occurs
     */
    public abstract SocketChannel accept() throws IOException;

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     * <p>
     * If there is a security manager set, its {@code checkConnect} method is
     * called with the local address and {@code -1} as its arguments to see
     * if the operation is allowed. If the operation is not allowed,
     * a {@code SocketAddress} representing the
     * {@link java.net.InetAddress#getLoopbackAddress loopback} address and the
     * local port of the channel's socket is returned.
     *
     * @return  The {@code SocketAddress} that the socket is bound to, or the
     *          {@code SocketAddress} representing the loopback address if
     *          denied by the security manager, or {@code null} if the
     *          channel's socket is not bound
     *
     * @throws  ClosedChannelException     {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws  IOException                {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public abstract SocketAddress getLocalAddress() throws IOException;

}

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package java.nio.channels;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.SocketOption;
import java.net.SocketAddress;
import java.nio.channels.spi.AbstractSelectableChannel;
import java.nio.channels.spi.SelectorProvider;

/**
 * A selectable channel for stream-oriented listening sockets.
 *
 * <p> A server-socket channel is created by invoking the {@link #open() open}
 * method of this class.  It is not possible to create a channel for an arbitrary,
 * pre-existing {@link ServerSocket}. A newly-created server-socket channel is
 * open but not yet bound.  An attempt to invoke the {@link #accept() accept}
 * method of an unbound server-socket channel will cause a {@link NotYetBoundException}
 * to be thrown. A server-socket channel can be bound by invoking one of the
 * {@link #bind(java.net.SocketAddress,int) bind} methods defined by this class.
 *
 * <p> Socket options are configured using the {@link #setOption(SocketOption,Object)
 * setOption} method. Server-socket channels support the following options:
 * <blockquote>
 * <table border summary="Socket options">
 *   <tr>
 *     <th>Option Name
 *     <th>Description
 *   </tr>
 *   <tr>
 *     <td> {@link java.net.StandardSocketOptions#SO_RCVBUF SO_RCVBUF} 

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