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package org.xnio;

/**
 * A channel thread pool.  This is simply a collection of channel threads.
 *
 * @param  the channel thread type
 *
 * @author David M. Lloyd
 */
public interface ChannelThreadPool {

    /**
     * Get a thread from this pool.  The thread returned is based upon the load-balancing policy
     * of the pool.  Note that getting a thread does not remove it from the pool.
     *
     * @return the thread
     */
    T getThread();

    /**
     * Add a thread to the pool.  The thread should not already be in the pool; adding an already pooled thread
     * has no effect.
     *
     * @param thread the thread to add to the pool
     */
    void addToPool(T thread);
}