1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/java/nio/SelectorProviderImpl.java b/gnu/java/nio/SelectorProviderImpl.java
index 56167b69e..d50d0ee61 100644
--- a/gnu/java/nio/SelectorProviderImpl.java
+++ b/gnu/java/nio/SelectorProviderImpl.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ package gnu.java.nio;
 import gnu.classpath.SystemProperties;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.channels.Channel;
 import java.nio.channels.DatagramChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.Pipe;
 import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel;
@@ -117,4 +118,13 @@ public class SelectorProviderImpl extends SelectorProvider
   {
     return new SocketChannelImpl (this);
   }
+
+  public Channel inheritedChannel() throws IOException
+  {
+    // Implementation note: The default implementation can't do much more
+    // than return null. If a VM can provide something more useful it should
+    // install its own SelectorProvider (maybe a subclass of this one) to
+    // return something more useful.
+    return null;
+  }
 }