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 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; 19 20 /** 21 * A task which is executed after the delay specified with 22 * {@link Timer#newTimeout(TimerTask, long, TimeUnit)}. 23 */ 24 public interface TimerTask { 25 26 /** 27 * Executed after the delay specified with 28 * {@link Timer#newTimeout(TimerTask, long, TimeUnit)}. 29 * 30 * @param timeout a handle which is associated with this task 31 */ 32 void run(Timeout timeout) throws Exception; 33 }