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20 package org.apache.mina.core.future;
21
22 /**
23 * An {@link IoFuture} for asynchronous write requests.
24 *
25 * <h3>Example</h3>
26 * <pre>
27 * IoSession session = ...;
28 * WriteFuture future = session.write(...);
29 *
30 * // Wait until the message is completely written out to the O/S buffer.
31 * future.awaitUninterruptibly();
32 *
33 * if( future.isWritten() )
34 * {
35 * // The message has been written successfully.
36 * }
37 * else
38 * {
39 * // The message couldn't be written out completely for some reason.
40 * // (e.g. Connection is closed)
41 * }
42 * </pre>
43 *
44 * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a>
45 */
46 public interface WriteFuture extends IoFuture {
47 /**
48 * @return <tt>true</tt> if the write operation is finished successfully.
49 */
50 boolean isWritten();
51
52 /**
53 * @return the cause of the write failure if and only if the write
54 * operation has failed due to an {@link Exception}. Otherwise,
55 * <tt>null</tt> is returned.
56 */
57 Throwable getException();
58
59 /**
60 * Sets the message is written, and notifies all threads waiting for
61 * this future. This method is invoked by MINA internally. Please do
62 * not call this method directly.
63 */
64 void setWritten();
65
66 /**
67 * Sets the cause of the write failure, and notifies all threads waiting
68 * for this future. This method is invoked by MINA internally. Please
69 * do not call this method directly.
70 *
71 * @param cause The exception to store in the Future instance
72 */
73 void setException(Throwable cause);
74
75 /**
76 * Wait for the asynchronous operation to complete.
77 * The attached listeners will be notified when the operation is
78 * completed.
79 *
80 * @return the created {@link WriteFuture}
81 * @throws InterruptedException If the wait is interrupted
82 */
83 WriteFuture await() throws InterruptedException;
84
85 /**
86 * {@inheritDoc}
87 */
88 WriteFuture awaitUninterruptibly();
89
90 /**
91 * {@inheritDoc}
92 */
93 WriteFuture addListener(IoFutureListener<?> listener);
94
95 /**
96 * {@inheritDoc}
97 */
98 WriteFuture removeListener(IoFutureListener<?> listener);
99 }