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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 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  }