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
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14 * under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio;
18
19 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.Worker;
20
21 /**
22 * The {@link WorkerPool} is responsible to hand of {@link Worker}'s on demand
23 *
24 */
25 public interface WorkerPool<E extends Worker> extends NioSelectorPool {
26
27 /**
28 * Return the next {@link Worker} to use
29 *
30 * @return worker
31 */
32 E nextWorker();
33 }