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package org.jboss.xnio.channels;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.jboss.xnio.ChannelListener;

/**
 * A suspendable writable channel.  This type of channel is associated with a listener which can suspend and resume
 * writes as needed.
 */
public interface SuspendableWriteChannel extends CloseableChannel {
    /**
     * Suspend further write notifications on this channel.
     */
    void suspendWrites();

    /**
     * Resume writes on this channel.  The write listener will be
     * called as soon as the channel becomes writable.
     */
    void resumeWrites();

    /**
     * Indicate that writing is complete for this channel.  Further attempts to write after this method is invoked will
     * result in an exception; however, this method may have to be invoked multiple times in order to complete the
     * shutdown operation.  If writes were already shut down successfully, calling this method again will have no
     * additional effect.  Shutting down all directions of a channel will cause {@link #close()} to be called automatically.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if the write channel was closed, or {@code false} if the operation would have blocked
     *
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    boolean shutdownWrites() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Block until this channel becomes writable again.  This method may return spuriously
     * before the channel becomes writable.
     *
     * @throws InterruptedIOException if the operation is interrupted; the thread's interrupt flag will be set as well
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     *
     * @since 1.2
     */
    void awaitWritable() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Block until this channel becomes writable again, or until the timeout expires.  This method may return spuriously
     * before the channel becomes writable or the timeout expires.
     *
     * @param time the time to wait
     * @param timeUnit the time unit
     * @throws InterruptedIOException if the operation is interrupted; the thread's interrupt flag will be set as well
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     *
     * @since 1.2
     */
    void awaitWritable(long time, TimeUnit timeUnit) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Get the setter which can be used to change the write listener for this channel.  When the listener is called,
     * additional notifications are automatically suspended.
     *
     * @return the setter
     *
     * @since 2.0
     */
    ChannelListener.Setter getWriteSetter();

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    ChannelListener.Setter getCloseSetter();

    /**
     * Flush any waiting partial send or write.  Flushing a channel for which output was shut down is permitted; this
     * method would simply return {@code true} in this case, since there is no outstanding data to flush.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if the message was flushed, or {@code false} if the result would block
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    boolean flush() throws IOException;
}