1 /* 2 * Copyright 2015 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.pool; 17 18 import io.netty.channel.Channel; 19 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future; 20 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise; 21 22 import java.io.Closeable; 23 24 /** 25 * Allows to acquire and release {@link Channel} and so act as a pool of these. 26 */ 27 public interface ChannelPool extends Closeable { 28 29 /** 30 * Acquire a {@link Channel} from this {@link ChannelPool}. The returned {@link Future} is notified once 31 * the acquire is successful and failed otherwise. 32 * 33 * <strong>Its important that an acquired is always released to the pool again, even if the {@link Channel} 34 * is explicitly closed..</strong> 35 */ 36 Future<Channel> acquire(); 37 38 /** 39 * Acquire a {@link Channel} from this {@link ChannelPool}. The given {@link Promise} is notified once 40 * the acquire is successful and failed otherwise. 41 * 42 * <strong>Its important that an acquired is always released to the pool again, even if the {@link Channel} 43 * is explicitly closed..</strong> 44 */ 45 Future<Channel> acquire(Promise<Channel> promise); 46 47 /** 48 * Release a {@link Channel} back to this {@link ChannelPool}. The returned {@link Future} is notified once 49 * the release is successful and failed otherwise. When failed the {@link Channel} will automatically closed. 50 */ 51 Future<Void> release(Channel channel); 52 53 /** 54 * Release a {@link Channel} back to this {@link ChannelPool}. The given {@link Promise} is notified once 55 * the release is successful and failed otherwise. When failed the {@link Channel} will automatically closed. 56 */ 57 Future<Void> release(Channel channel, Promise<Void> promise); 58 59 @Override 60 void close(); 61 }