io.netty.util.concurrent

Interface EventExecutor

All Superinterfaces:

EventExecutorGroup, Executor, ExecutorService, Iterable<EventExecutor>, ScheduledExecutorService

All Known Subinterfaces:

OrderedEventExecutor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEventExecutor, AbstractScheduledEventExecutor, DefaultEventExecutor, GlobalEventExecutor, ImmediateEventExecutor, SingleThreadEventExecutor, UnorderedThreadPoolEventExecutor

public interface EventExecutor
extends EventExecutorGroup

The EventExecutor is a special EventExecutorGroup which comes with some handy methods to see if a Thread is executed in a event loop. Besides this, it also extends the EventExecutorGroup to allow for a generic way to access methods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default boolean	inEventLoop() Calls inEventLoop(Thread) with Thread.currentThread() as argument
boolean	inEventLoop(Thread thread) Return true if the given Thread is executed in the event loop, false otherwise.
default boolean	isSuspended() Returns true if the EventExecutor is considered suspended.
default <V> Future<V>	newFailedFuture(Throwable cause) Create a new Future which is marked as failed already.
default <V> ProgressivePromise<V>	newProgressivePromise() Create a new ProgressivePromise.
default <V> Promise<V>	newPromise() Return a new Promise.
default <V> Future<V>	newSucceededFuture(V result) Create a new Future which is marked as succeeded already.
EventExecutorGroup	parent() Return the EventExecutorGroup which is the parent of this EventExecutor,
default boolean	trySuspend() Try to suspend this EventExecutor and return true if suspension was successful.

Methods inherited from interface io.netty.util.concurrent.EventExecutorGroup

isShuttingDown, iterator, next, schedule, schedule, scheduleAtFixedRate, scheduleWithFixedDelay, shutdown, shutdownGracefully, shutdownGracefully, shutdownNow, submit, submit, submit, terminationFuture

Methods inherited from interface java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService

awaitTermination, invokeAll, invokeAll, invokeAny, invokeAny, isShutdown, isTerminated

Methods inherited from interface java.util.concurrent.Executor

execute

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

forEach, spliterator

Method Detail

parent

EventExecutorGroup parent()

Return the EventExecutorGroup which is the parent of this EventExecutor,

inEventLoop

default boolean inEventLoop()

Calls inEventLoop(Thread) with Thread.currentThread() as argument

inEventLoop

boolean inEventLoop(Thread thread)

Return true if the given Thread is executed in the event loop, false otherwise.

newPromise

default <V> Promise<V> newPromise()

Return a new Promise.

newProgressivePromise

default <V> ProgressivePromise<V> newProgressivePromise()

Create a new ProgressivePromise.

newSucceededFuture

default <V> Future<V> newSucceededFuture(V result)

Create a new Future which is marked as succeeded already. So Future.isSuccess() will return true. All FutureListener added to it will be notified directly. Also every call of blocking methods will just return without blocking.

newFailedFuture

default <V> Future<V> newFailedFuture(Throwable cause)

Create a new Future which is marked as failed already. So Future.isSuccess() will return false. All FutureListener added to it will be notified directly. Also every call of blocking methods will just return without blocking.

isSuspended

default boolean isSuspended()

Returns true if the EventExecutor is considered suspended.

Returns:

true if suspended, false otherwise.

trySuspend

default boolean trySuspend()

Try to suspend this EventExecutor and return true if suspension was successful. Suspending an EventExecutor will allow it to free up resources, like for example a Thread that is backing the EventExecutor. Once an EventExecutor was suspended it will be started again by submitting work to it via one of the following methods:

• Executor.execute(Runnable)
• EventExecutorGroup.schedule(Runnable, long, TimeUnit)
• EventExecutorGroup.schedule(Callable, long, TimeUnit)
• EventExecutorGroup.scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable, long, long, TimeUnit)
• EventExecutorGroup.scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable, long, long, TimeUnit)

Even if this method returns true it might take some time for the EventExecutor to fully suspend itself.

Returns:

true if suspension was successful, otherwise false.