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package org.jboss.netty.channel;

import java.util.concurrent.Executor;

import org.jboss.netty.channel.group.ChannelGroup;
import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannelFactory;
import org.jboss.netty.util.ExternalResourceReleasable;


/**
 * The main interface to a transport that creates a {@link Channel} associated
 * with a certain communication entity such as a network socket.  For example,
 * the {@link NioServerSocketChannelFactory} creates a channel which has a
 * NIO-based server socket as its underlying communication entity.
 * 

* Once a new {@link Channel} is created, the {@link ChannelPipeline} which * was specified as a parameter in the {@link #newChannel(ChannelPipeline)} * is attached to the new {@link Channel}, and starts to handle all associated * {@link ChannelEvent}s. * *

Graceful shutdown

*

* To shut down a network application service which is managed by a factory. * you should follow the following steps: *

    *
  1. close all channels created by the factory and their child channels * usually using {@link ChannelGroup#close()}, and
  2. *
  3. call {@link #releaseExternalResources()}.
  4. *
*

* For detailed transport-specific information on shutting down a factory, * please refer to the Javadoc of {@link ChannelFactory}'s subtypes, such as * {@link NioServerSocketChannelFactory}. * * @apiviz.landmark * @apiviz.has org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel oneway - - creates * * @apiviz.exclude ^org\.jboss\.netty\.channel\.([a-z]+\.)+.*ChannelFactory$ */ public interface ChannelFactory extends ExternalResourceReleasable { /** * Creates and opens a new {@link Channel} and attaches the specified * {@link ChannelPipeline} to the new {@link Channel}. * * @param pipeline the {@link ChannelPipeline} which is going to be * attached to the new {@link Channel} * * @return the newly open channel * * @throws ChannelException if failed to create and open a new channel */ Channel newChannel(ChannelPipeline pipeline); /** * Shudown the ChannelFactory and all the resource it created internal. */ void shutdown(); /** * Releases the external resources that this factory depends on to function. * An external resource is a resource that this factory didn't create by * itself. For example, {@link Executor}s that you specified in the factory * constructor are external resources. You can call this method to release * all external resources conveniently when the resources are not used by * this factory or any other part of your application. An unexpected * behavior will be resulted in if the resources are released when there's * an open channel which is managed by this factory. * * This will also call {@link #shutdown()} before do any action */ void releaseExternalResources(); }





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