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2 * Copyright 2016 The Netty Project
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15 */
16 package io.netty.channel;
17
18 import io.netty.util.IntSupplier;
19
20 /**
21 * Select strategy interface.
22 *
23 * Provides the ability to control the behavior of the select loop. For example a blocking select
24 * operation can be delayed or skipped entirely if there are events to process immediately.
25 */
26 public interface SelectStrategy {
27
28 /**
29 * Indicates a blocking select should follow.
30 */
31 int SELECT = -1;
32 /**
33 * Indicates the IO loop should be retried, no blocking select to follow directly.
34 */
35 int CONTINUE = -2;
36
37 /**
38 * The {@link SelectStrategy} can be used to steer the outcome of a potential select
39 * call.
40 *
41 * @param selectSupplier The supplier with the result of a select result.
42 * @param hasTasks true if tasks are waiting to be processed.
43 * @return {@link #SELECT} if the next step should be blocking select {@link #CONTINUE} if
44 * the next step should be to not select but rather jump back to the IO loop and try
45 * again. Any value >= 0 is treated as an indicator that work needs to be done.
46 */
47 int calculateStrategy(IntSupplier selectSupplier, boolean hasTasks) throws Exception;
48 }