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20  package org.apache.mina.core.future;
21  
22  import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
23  
24  import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoSession;
25  
26  /**
27   * Represents the completion of an asynchronous I/O operation on an 
28   * {@link IoSession}.
29   * Can be listened for completion using a {@link IoFutureListener}.
30   * 
31   * @author The Apache MINA Project (dev@mina.apache.org)
32   */
33  public interface IoFuture {
34      /**
35       * Returns the {@link IoSession} which is associated with this future.
36       */
37      IoSession getSession();
38  
39      /**
40       * Wait for the asynchronous operation to complete.
41       * The attached listeners will be notified when the operation is 
42       * completed.
43       */
44      IoFuture await() throws InterruptedException;
45  
46      /**
47       * Wait for the asynchronous operation to complete with the specified timeout.
48       *
49       * @return <tt>true</tt> if the operation is completed.
50       */
51      boolean await(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException;
52  
53      /**
54       * Wait for the asynchronous operation to complete with the specified timeout.
55       *
56       * @return <tt>true</tt> if the operation is completed.
57       */
58      boolean await(long timeoutMillis) throws InterruptedException;
59  
60      /**
61       * Wait for the asynchronous operation to complete uninterruptibly.
62       * The attached listeners will be notified when the operation is 
63       * completed.
64       * 
65       * @return the current IoFuture
66       */
67      IoFuture awaitUninterruptibly();
68  
69      /**
70       * Wait for the asynchronous operation to complete with the specified timeout
71       * uninterruptibly.
72       *
73       * @return <tt>true</tt> if the operation is completed.
74       */
75      boolean awaitUninterruptibly(long timeout, TimeUnit unit);
76  
77      /**
78       * Wait for the asynchronous operation to complete with the specified timeout
79       * uninterruptibly.
80       *
81       * @return <tt>true</tt> if the operation is finished.
82       */
83      boolean awaitUninterruptibly(long timeoutMillis);
84  
85      /**
86       * @deprecated Replaced with {@link #awaitUninterruptibly()}.
87       */
88      @Deprecated
89      void join();
90  
91      /**
92       * @deprecated Replaced with {@link #awaitUninterruptibly(long)}.
93       */
94      @Deprecated
95      boolean join(long timeoutMillis);
96  
97      /**
98       * Returns if the asynchronous operation is completed.
99       */
100     boolean isDone();
101 
102     /**
103      * Adds an event <tt>listener</tt> which is notified when
104      * this future is completed. If the listener is added
105      * after the completion, the listener is directly notified.
106      */
107     IoFuture addListener(IoFutureListener<?> listener);
108 
109     /**
110      * Removes an existing event <tt>listener</tt> so it won't be notified when
111      * the future is completed.
112      */
113     IoFuture removeListener(IoFutureListener<?> listener);
114 }