为何要remove()

NIO模型如下

while(selector.select()>0){
    Iterator<SelectionKey> iterator = selector.selectedKeys().iterator();
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
            SelectionKey selectionKey = iterator.next();
            iterator.remove(); //为何要删除？
            if(selectionKey.isAcceptable()){
                 ....
            }else if(...){
                 ....
            }
    }
}

测试结果：一个客户端进行测试
如果不删除，则下次select()就返回0，跳出循环 ；

跟一下select()的源码，发现更新selectedKeys的操作在KQueueSelectorImpl.java的updateSelectedKeys()里 (mac下是KQueueSelectorImpl.java，linux的类不同，但逻辑基本相同)

 private int updateSelectedKeys(int entries)
        throws IOException
    {
        int numKeysUpdated = 0;
        boolean interrupted = false;

        // A file descriptor may be registered with kqueue with more than one
        // filter and so there may be more than one event for a fd. The update
        // count in the MapEntry tracks when the fd was last updated and this
        // ensures that the ready ops are updated rather than replaced by a
        // second or subsequent event.
        updateCount++;

        for (int i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
            int nextFD = kqueueWrapper.getDescriptor(i);
            if (nextFD == fd0) {
                interrupted = true;
            } else {
                MapEntry me = fdMap.get(Integer.valueOf(nextFD));

                // entry is null in the case of an interrupt
                if (me != null) {
                    int rOps = kqueueWrapper.getReventOps(i);
                    SelectionKeyImpl ski = me.ski;
                    if (selectedKeys.contains(ski)) {
                        // 不删除会走这里
                        if (me.updateCount != updateCount) {
                            if (ski.channel.translateAndSetReadyOps(rOps, ski)) {
                                numKeysUpdated++;
                                me.updateCount = updateCount;
                            }
                        } else {
                            // ready ops have already been set on this update
                            ski.channel.translateAndUpdateReadyOps(rOps, ski);
                        }
                    } else {
                        //删除会走到这里
                        ski.channel.translateAndSetReadyOps(rOps, ski);
                        if ((ski.nioReadyOps() & ski.nioInterestOps()) != 0) {
                            selectedKeys.add(ski);
                            numKeysUpdated++;
                            me.updateCount = updateCount;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        if (interrupted) {
            // Clear the wakeup pipe
            synchronized (interruptLock) {
                IOUtil.drain(fd0);
                interruptTriggered = false;
            }
        }
        return numKeysUpdated; //select()的返回值
    }

从上面的代码可看出，最后的返回值是不是为0，与translateAndSetReadyOps()方法有关，这个方法又调用了translateReadyOps()

public boolean translateReadyOps(int ops, int initialOps,
                                     SelectionKeyImpl sk) {
        int intOps = sk.nioInterestOps(); // Do this just once, it synchronizes
        int oldOps = sk.nioReadyOps();
        int newOps = initialOps;

        // ops为新到来的事件，可能包含多种事件

        if ((ops & PollArrayWrapper.POLLNVAL) != 0) {  
            return false;
        }

        if ((ops & (PollArrayWrapper.POLLERR
                    | PollArrayWrapper.POLLHUP)) != 0) {
            newOps = intOps;
            sk.nioReadyOps(newOps);
            // No need to poll again in checkConnect,
            // the error will be detected there
            readyToConnect = true;
            return (newOps & ~oldOps) != 0;
        }
        // 可读事件
        if (((ops & PollArrayWrapper.POLLIN) != 0) &&
            ((intOps & SelectionKey.OP_READ) != 0) &&
            (state == ST_CONNECTED))
            newOps |= SelectionKey.OP_READ;
        //连接事件
        if (((ops & PollArrayWrapper.POLLCONN) != 0) &&
            ((intOps & SelectionKey.OP_CONNECT) != 0) &&
            ((state == ST_UNCONNECTED) || (state == ST_PENDING))) {
            newOps |= SelectionKey.OP_CONNECT;
            readyToConnect = true;
        }
        //可写事件
        if (((ops & PollArrayWrapper.POLLOUT) != 0) &&
            ((intOps & SelectionKey.OP_WRITE) != 0) &&
            (state == ST_CONNECTED))
            newOps |= SelectionKey.OP_WRITE;

        // 设置准备好的事件
        sk.nioReadyOps(newOps);

        //这一步很关键
        return (newOps & ~oldOps) != 0;
    }

最后一句是关键： 比如 newOps 设为了op_read, 而oldOps也是op_read，则会返回false； 最后一句的逻辑可用下面的表格描述

如果remove了，则可以认为老readyOps为0，此时只要有事件，最后一句就返回true，所以remove()不会丢失事件。

结论

不remove()，不一定有问题。但是remove()了，肯定不会出现问题。