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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
    17  package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket;
    18
    19  /**
    20   * A {@link Worker} is responsible to dispatch IO operations
    21   *
    22   */
    23  public interface Worker extends Runnable {
    24
    25      /**
    26       * Execute the given {@link Runnable} in the IO-Thread. This may be now or
    27       * later once the IO-Thread do some other work.
    28       *
    29       * @param task
    30       *            the {@link Runnable} to execute
    31       */
    32       void executeInIoThread(Runnable task);
    33  }