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 * https://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 io.netty.channel; 17 18 import io.netty.util.concurrent.OrderedEventExecutor; 19 20 /** 21 * Will handle all the I/O operations for a {@link Channel} once registered. 22 * 23 * One {@link EventLoop} instance will usually handle more than one {@link Channel} but this may depend on 24 * implementation details and internals. 25 * 26 */ 27 public interface EventLoop extends OrderedEventExecutor, EventLoopGroup { 28 @Override 29 EventLoopGroup parent(); 30 }