1 /* 2 * Copyright 2014 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 17 package io.netty.resolver; 18 19 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future; 20 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise; 21 22 import java.io.Closeable; 23 import java.util.List; 24 25 /** 26 * Resolves an arbitrary string that represents the name of an endpoint into an address. 27 */ 28 public interface NameResolver<T> extends Closeable { 29 30 /** 31 * Resolves the specified name into an address. 32 * 33 * @param inetHost the name to resolve 34 * 35 * @return the address as the result of the resolution 36 */ 37 Future<T> resolve(String inetHost); 38 39 /** 40 * Resolves the specified name into an address. 41 * 42 * @param inetHost the name to resolve 43 * @param promise the {@link Promise} which will be fulfilled when the name resolution is finished 44 * 45 * @return the address as the result of the resolution 46 */ 47 Future<T> resolve(String inetHost, Promise<T> promise); 48 49 /** 50 * Resolves the specified host name and port into a list of address. 51 * 52 * @param inetHost the name to resolve 53 * 54 * @return the list of the address as the result of the resolution 55 */ 56 Future<List<T>> resolveAll(String inetHost); 57 58 /** 59 * Resolves the specified host name and port into a list of address. 60 * 61 * @param inetHost the name to resolve 62 * @param promise the {@link Promise} which will be fulfilled when the name resolution is finished 63 * 64 * @return the list of the address as the result of the resolution 65 */ 66 Future<List<T>> resolveAll(String inetHost, Promise<List<T>> promise); 67 68 /** 69 * Closes all the resources allocated and used by this resolver. 70 */ 71 @Override 72 void close(); 73 }