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 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 13 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations 14 * under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.jboss.netty.channel; 17 18 /** 19 * A {@link ChannelHandler} that is notified when it is added to or removed 20 * from a {@link ChannelPipeline}. 21 * 22 * <h3>Invalid access to the {@link ChannelHandlerContext}</h3> 23 * 24 * Calling {@link ChannelHandlerContext#sendUpstream(ChannelEvent)} or 25 * {@link ChannelHandlerContext#sendDownstream(ChannelEvent)} in 26 * {@link #beforeAdd(ChannelHandlerContext)} or {@link #afterRemove(ChannelHandlerContext)} 27 * might lead to an unexpected behavior. It is because the context object 28 * might not have been fully added to the pipeline or the context object is not 29 * a part of the pipeline anymore respectively. 30 */ 31 public interface LifeCycleAwareChannelHandler extends ChannelHandler { 32 void beforeAdd(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception; 33 void afterAdd(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception; 34 void beforeRemove(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception; 35 void afterRemove(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception; 36 }