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/*
 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
 *
 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.jboss.netty.util;

/**
 * A common interface for a class which depends on external resources that
 * need explicit release or shutdown.
 * @apiviz.landmark
 */
public interface ExternalResourceReleasable {

    /**
     * Releases the external resources that this object depends on.  You should
     * not call this method if the external resources (e.g. thread pool) are
     * in use by other objects.
     */
    void releaseExternalResources();
}