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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
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14   * under the License.
15   */
16  package org.jboss.netty.util;
17  
18  /**
19   * Overrides the thread name proposed by {@link ThreadRenamingRunnable}.
20   */
21  public interface ThreadNameDeterminer {
22  
23      /**
24       * {@link ThreadNameDeterminer} that accepts the proposed thread name
25       * as is.
26       */
27      ThreadNameDeterminer PROPOSED = new ThreadNameDeterminer() {
28          public String determineThreadName(String currentThreadName,
29                  String proposedThreadName) throws Exception {
30              return proposedThreadName;
31          }
32      };
33  
34      /**
35       * {@link ThreadNameDeterminer} that rejects the proposed thread name and
36       * retains the current one.
37       */
38      ThreadNameDeterminer CURRENT = new ThreadNameDeterminer() {
39          public String determineThreadName(String currentThreadName,
40                  String proposedThreadName) throws Exception {
41              return null;
42          }
43      };
44  
45      /**
46       * Overrides the thread name proposed by {@link ThreadRenamingRunnable}.
47       *
48       * @param currentThreadName   the current thread name
49       * @param proposedThreadName  the proposed new thread name
50       * @return the actual new thread name.
51       *         If {@code null} is returned, the proposed thread name is
52       *         discarded (i.e. no rename).
53       */
54      String determineThreadName(String currentThreadName, String proposedThreadName) throws Exception;
55  }