1 /*
2 * Copyright 2018 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
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7 *
8 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15 */
16 package io.netty5.channel;
17
18 /**
19 * The execution context for an {@link IoHandler}.
20 * All method must be called from the {@link EventLoop} thread.
21 */
22 public interface IoExecutionContext {
23 /**
24 * Returns {@code true} if blocking for IO is allowed or if we should try to do a non-blocking request for IO to be
25 * ready.
26 */
27 boolean canBlock();
28
29 /**
30 * Returns the amount of time left until the scheduled task with the closest deadline should run.
31 */
32 long delayNanos(long currentTimeNanos);
33
34 /**
35 * Returns the absolute point in time at which the next
36 * closest scheduled task should run or {@code -1} if nothing is scheduled to run.
37 */
38 long deadlineNanos();
39 }