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 17 package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket; 18 19 /** 20 * A {@link Worker} is responsible to dispatch IO operations 21 * 22 */ 23 public interface Worker extends Runnable { 24 25 /** 26 * Execute the given {@link Runnable} in the IO-Thread. This may be now or 27 * later once the IO-Thread do some other work. 28 * 29 * @param task 30 * the {@link Runnable} to execute 31 */ 32 void executeInIoThread(Runnable task); 33 34 }