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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
3    *
4    * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
5    * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
6    * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
7    *
8    *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
12   * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
13   * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
14   * under the License.
15   */
16  
17  package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket;
18  
19  /**
20   * A {@link Worker} is responsible to dispatch IO operations
21   *
22   */
23  public interface Worker extends Runnable {
24  
25      /**
26       * Execute the given {@link Runnable} in the IO-Thread. This may be now or
27       * later once the IO-Thread do some other work.
28       *
29       * @param task
30       *            the {@link Runnable} to execute
31       */
32      void executeInIoThread(Runnable task);
33  
34  }