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2    * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
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16  package org.jboss.netty.util;
17  
18  import java.util.Set;
19  import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
20  
21  /**
22   * Schedules {@link TimerTask}s for one-time future execution in a background
23   * thread.
24   * @apiviz.landmark
25   * @apiviz.has org.jboss.netty.util.TimerTask oneway - - executes
26   * @apiviz.has org.jboss.netty.util.Timeout oneway - - creates
27   */
28  public interface Timer {
29  
30      /**
31       * Schedules the specified {@link TimerTask} for one-time execution after
32       * the specified delay.
33       *
34       * @return a handle which is associated with the specified task
35       *
36       * @throws IllegalStateException if this timer has been
37       *                               {@linkplain #stop() stopped} already
38       */
39      Timeout newTimeout(TimerTask task, long delay, TimeUnit unit);
40  
41      /**
42       * Releases all resources acquired by this {@link Timer} and cancels all
43       * tasks which were scheduled but not executed yet.
44       *
45       * @return the handles associated with the tasks which were canceled by
46       *         this method
47       */
48      Set<Timeout> stop();
49  }