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20 package org.apache.mina.core.service;
21
22 import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoSession;
23
24 /**
25 * An internal interface to represent an 'I/O processor' that performs
26 * actual I/O operations for {@link IoSession}s. It abstracts existing
27 * reactor frameworks such as Java NIO once again to simplify transport
28 * implementations.
29 *
30 * @author The Apache MINA Project (dev@mina.apache.org)
31 * @version $Rev: 671827 $, $Date: 2008-06-26 10:49:48 +0200 (jeu, 26 jun 2008) $
32 *
33 * @param <T> the type of the {@link IoSession} this processor can handle
34 */
35 public interface IoProcessor<T extends IoSession> {
36
37 /**
38 * Returns <tt>true</tt> if and if only {@link #dispose()} method has
39 * been called. Please note that this method will return <tt>true</tt>
40 * even after all the related resources are released.
41 */
42 boolean isDisposing();
43
44 /**
45 * Returns <tt>true</tt> if and if only all resources of this processor
46 * have been disposed.
47 */
48 boolean isDisposed();
49
50 /**
51 * Releases any resources allocated by this processor. Please note that
52 * the resources might not be released as long as there are any sessions
53 * managed by this processor. Most implementations will close all sessions
54 * immediately and release the related resources.
55 */
56 void dispose();
57
58 /**
59 * Adds the specified {@code session} to the I/O processor so that
60 * the I/O processor starts to perform any I/O operations related
61 * with the {@code session}.
62 */
63 void add(T session);
64
65 /**
66 * Flushes the internal write request queue of the specified
67 * {@code session}.
68 */
69 void flush(T session);
70
71 /**
72 * Controls the traffic of the specified {@code session} as specified
73 * in {@link IoSession#getTrafficMask()}.
74 */
75 void updateTrafficMask(T session);
76
77 /**
78 * Removes and closes the specified {@code session} from the I/O
79 * processor so that the I/O processor closes the connection
80 * associated with the {@code session} and releases any other related
81 * resources.
82 */
83 void remove(T session);
84 }