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2 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
3 *
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5 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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15 */
16 package io.netty.util.concurrent;
17
18 /**
19 * The {@link EventExecutor} is a special {@link EventExecutorGroup} which comes
20 * with some handy methods to see if a {@link Thread} is executed in a event loop.
21 * Besides this, it also extends the {@link EventExecutorGroup} to allow for a generic
22 * way to access methods.
23 *
24 */
25 public interface EventExecutor extends EventExecutorGroup {
26
27 /**
28 * Returns a reference to itself.
29 */
30 @Override
31 EventExecutor next();
32
33 /**
34 * Return the {@link EventExecutorGroup} which is the parent of this {@link EventExecutor},
35 */
36 EventExecutorGroup parent();
37
38 /**
39 * Calls {@link #inEventLoop(Thread)} with {@link Thread#currentThread()} as argument
40 */
41 boolean inEventLoop();
42
43 /**
44 * Return {@code true} if the given {@link Thread} is executed in the event loop,
45 * {@code false} otherwise.
46 */
47 boolean inEventLoop(Thread thread);
48
49 /**
50 * Return a new {@link Promise}.
51 */
52 <V> Promise<V> newPromise();
53
54 /**
55 * Create a new {@link ProgressivePromise}.
56 */
57 <V> ProgressivePromise<V> newProgressivePromise();
58
59 /**
60 * Create a new {@link Future} which is marked as successes already. So {@link Future#isSuccess()}
61 * will return {@code true}. All {@link FutureListener} added to it will be notified directly. Also
62 * every call of blocking methods will just return without blocking.
63 */
64 <V> Future<V> newSucceededFuture(V result);
65
66 /**
67 * Create a new {@link Future} which is marked as fakued already. So {@link Future#isSuccess()}
68 * will return {@code false}. All {@link FutureListener} added to it will be notified directly. Also
69 * every call of blocking methods will just return without blocking.
70 */
71 <V> Future<V> newFailedFuture(Throwable cause);
72 }