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1   /*
2      Copyright 2010 Ramon Servadei
3   
4      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6      You may obtain a copy of the License at
7   
8          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9   
10     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14     limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package mirrormap.nio;
17  
18  import java.nio.channels.Channel;
19  import java.nio.channels.SelectableChannel;
20  import java.nio.channels.SelectionKey;
21  
22  import mirrormap.lifecycle.IDestroyable;
23  
24  /**
25   * A task that is associated with a {@link SelectionKey}. This task is
26   * registered with the {@link SelectorTasks}. Upon registration, this receives
27   * the selection key via the {@link #setSelectionKey(SelectionKey)} method.
28   * <p>
29   * When the registered NIO {@link Channel} has an operation ready for
30   * processing, the {@link #run()} method of this will be executed by the thread
31   * running the {@link SelectorTasks#process()} method.
32   * <p>
33   * Implementations must be efficient; any thread blocking will prevent other
34   * {@link Channel} ready operations from being processed by the
35   * {@link SelectorTasks#process()}.
36   * 
37   * @author Ramon Servadei
38   */
39  public interface ISelectionKeyTask extends IDestroyable
40  {
41      /**
42       * Run the task associated with the operation and selection key
43       */
44      public void run();
45  
46      /**
47       * Receives the selection key returned from the
48       * {@link SelectableChannel#register(java.nio.channels.Selector, int)}
49       * method called during the
50       * {@link SelectorTasks#register(int, SelectableChannel, ISelectionKeyTask)}
51       * method. This is the key associated with this task.
52       * 
53       * @param selectionKey
54       *            the selection key associated with this task
55       */
56      public void setSelectionKey(SelectionKey selectionKey);
57  }