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package io.netty.channel;

import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
import io.netty.util.Attribute;
import io.netty.util.AttributeKey;
import io.netty.util.AttributeMap;
import io.netty.util.concurrent.EventExecutor;

import java.nio.channels.Channels;

/**
 * Enables a {@link ChannelHandler} to interact with its {@link ChannelPipeline}
 * and other handlers. Among other things a handler can notify the next {@link ChannelHandler} in the
 * {@link ChannelPipeline} as well as modify the {@link ChannelPipeline} it belongs to dynamically.
 *
 * Notify
 *
 * You can notify the closest handler in the same {@link ChannelPipeline} by calling one of the various methods
 * provided here.
 *
 * Please refer to {@link ChannelPipeline} to understand how an event flows.
 *
 * Modifying a pipeline
 *
 * You can get the {@link ChannelPipeline} your handler belongs to by calling
 * {@link #pipeline()}.  A non-trivial application could insert, remove, or
 * replace handlers in the pipeline dynamically at runtime.
 *
 * Retrieving for later use
 *
 * You can keep the {@link ChannelHandlerContext} for later use, such as
 * triggering an event outside the handler methods, even from a different thread.
 *  * public class MyHandler extends {@link ChannelDuplexHandler} {
 *
 *     private {@link ChannelHandlerContext} ctx;
 *
 *     public void beforeAdd({@link ChannelHandlerContext} ctx) {
 *         this.ctx = ctx;
 *     }
 *
 *     public void login(String username, password) {
 *         ctx.write(new LoginMessage(username, password));
 *     }
 *     ...
 * }
 * 
 *
 * Storing stateful information
 *
 * {@link #attr(AttributeKey)} allow you to
 * store and access stateful information that is related with a handler and its
 * context.  Please refer to {@link ChannelHandler} to learn various recommended
 * ways to manage stateful information.
 *
 * A handler can have more than one context
 *
 * Please note that a {@link ChannelHandler} instance can be added to more than
 * one {@link ChannelPipeline}.  It means a single {@link ChannelHandler}
 * instance can have more than one {@link ChannelHandlerContext} and therefore
 * the single instance can be invoked with different
 * {@link ChannelHandlerContext}s if it is added to one or more
 * {@link ChannelPipeline}s more than once.
 * 
 * For example, the following handler will have as many independent {@link AttributeKey}s
 * as how many times it is added to pipelines, regardless if it is added to the
 * same pipeline multiple times or added to different pipelines multiple times:
 * 
 * public class FactorialHandler extends {@link ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter} {
 *
 *   private final {@link AttributeKey}<{@link Integer}> counter = {@link AttributeKey}.valueOf("counter");
 *
 *   // This handler will receive a sequence of increasing integers starting
 *   // from 1.
 *   {@code @Override}
 *   public void channelRead({@link ChannelHandlerContext} ctx, Object msg) {
 *     Integer a = ctx.attr(counter).get();
 *
 *     if (a == null) {
 *       a = 1;
 *     }
 *
 *     attr.set(a * (Integer) msg);
 *   }
 * }
 *
 * // Different context objects are given to "f1", "f2", "f3", and "f4" even if
 * // they refer to the same handler instance.  Because the FactorialHandler
 * // stores its state in a context object (using an {@link AttributeKey}), the factorial is
 * // calculated correctly 4 times once the two pipelines (p1 and p2) are active.
 * FactorialHandler fh = new FactorialHandler();
 *
 * {@link ChannelPipeline} p1 = {@link Channels}.pipeline();
 * p1.addLast("f1", fh);
 * p1.addLast("f2", fh);
 *
 * {@link ChannelPipeline} p2 = {@link Channels}.pipeline();
 * p2.addLast("f3", fh);
 * p2.addLast("f4", fh);
 * 
 *
 * Additional resources worth reading
 * 
 * Please refer to the {@link ChannelHandler}, and
 * {@link ChannelPipeline} to find out more about inbound and outbound operations,
 * what fundamental differences they have, how they flow in a  pipeline,  and how to handle
 * the operation in your application.
 */
public interface ChannelHandlerContext extends AttributeMap, ChannelInboundInvoker, ChannelOutboundInvoker {

    /**
     * Return the {@link Channel} which is bound to the {@link ChannelHandlerContext}.
     */
    Channel channel();

    /**
     * Returns the {@link EventExecutor} which is used to execute an arbitrary task.
     */
    EventExecutor executor();

    /**
     * The unique name of the {@link ChannelHandlerContext}.The name was used when then {@link ChannelHandler}
     * was added to the {@link ChannelPipeline}. This name can also be used to access the registered
     * {@link ChannelHandler} from the {@link ChannelPipeline}.
     */
    String name();

    /**
     * The {@link ChannelHandler} that is bound this {@link ChannelHandlerContext}.
     */
    ChannelHandler handler();

    /**
     * Return {@code true} if the {@link ChannelHandler} which belongs to this context was removed
     * from the {@link ChannelPipeline}. Note that this method is only meant to be called from with in the
     * {@link EventLoop}.
     */
    boolean isRemoved();

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext fireChannelRegistered();

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext fireChannelUnregistered();

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext fireChannelActive();

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext fireChannelInactive();

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext fireExceptionCaught(Throwable cause);

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext fireUserEventTriggered(Object evt);

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext fireChannelRead(Object msg);

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext fireChannelReadComplete();

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext fireChannelWritabilityChanged();

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext read();

    @Override
    ChannelHandlerContext flush();

    /**
     * Return the assigned {@link ChannelPipeline}
     */
    ChannelPipeline pipeline();

    /**
     * Return the assigned {@link ByteBufAllocator} which will be used to allocate {@link ByteBuf}s.
     */
    ByteBufAllocator alloc();

    /**
     * @deprecated Use {@link Channel#attr(AttributeKey)}
     */
    @Deprecated
    @Override
     Attribute attr(AttributeKey key);

    /**
     * @deprecated Use {@link Channel#hasAttr(AttributeKey)}
     */
    @Deprecated
    @Override
     boolean hasAttr(AttributeKey key);
}