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.util; 17 18 /** 19 * A common interface for a class which depends on external resources that 20 * need explicit release or shutdown. 21 * @apiviz.landmark 22 */ 23 public interface ExternalResourceReleasable { 24 25 /** 26 * Releases the external resources that this object depends on. You should 27 * not call this method if the external resources (e.g. thread pool) are 28 * in use by other objects. 29 */ 30 void releaseExternalResources(); 31 }