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package io.vertx.core.impl;
import io.netty.channel.EventLoop;
import io.vertx.core.Context;
import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
/**
* This interface provides an api for vert.x core internal use only
* It is not part of the public API and should not be used by
* developers creating vert.x applications
*
* @author Julien Viet
*/
public interface ContextInternal extends Context {
/**
* Return the Netty EventLoop used by this Context. This can be used to integrate
* a Netty Server with a Vert.x runtime, specially the Context part.
*
* @return the EventLoop
*/
EventLoop nettyEventLoop();
/**
* Execute the context task and switch on this context if necessary, this also associates the
* current thread with the current context so {@link Vertx#currentContext()} returns this context.
*
* The caller thread should be the the event loop thread of this context.
*
* @param task the task to execute
*/
void executeFromIO(ContextTask task);
}