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    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  /**
    19   * A common interface for a class which depends on external resources that
    20   * need explicit release or shutdown.
    21   * @apiviz.landmark
    22   */
    23  public interface ExternalResourceReleasable {
    24
    25      /**
    26       * Releases the external resources that this object depends on.  You should
    27       * not call this method if the external resources (e.g. thread pool) are
    28       * in use by other objects.
    29       */
    30      void releaseExternalResources();
    31  }