The java.nio.channels package supports only unicast datagram sockets.
It should be extended to support multicast datagram sockets.
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EVALUATION
This has been integrated into jdk7 build 36 via 4640544.
23-08-2008
EVALUATION
As part of NIO.2/JSR-203 we have added multicast support to DatagramChannel. This allows a DatagramChannel to join a multicast group to receive all multicast datagrams sent to the group, or to join the group so that it only receives multicast datagrams sent by specific sources.
23-03-2007
EVALUATION
This feature will be deliverved by JSR-203 ("NIO.2"). This JSR is targetting Dolphin (Java SE 7).