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20 package org.apache.mina.common;
21
22 /**
23 * An {@link IoFuture} for asynchronous write requests.
24 *
25 * <h3>Example</h3>
26 * <pre>
27 * IoSession session = ...;
28 * WriteFuture future = session.write(...);
29 * // Wait until the message is completely written out to the O/S buffer.
30 * future.join();
31 * if( future.isWritten() )
32 * {
33 * // The message has been written successfully.
34 * }
35 * else
36 * {
37 * // The messsage couldn't be written out completely for some reason.
38 * // (e.g. Connection is closed)
39 * }
40 * </pre>
41 *
42 * @author The Apache Directory Project (mina-dev@directory.apache.org)
43 * @version $Rev: 555855 $, $Date: 2007-07-13 12:19:00 +0900 (Fri, 13 Jul 2007) $
44 */
45 public interface WriteFuture extends IoFuture {
46 /**
47 * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the write operation is finished successfully.
48 */
49 boolean isWritten();
50
51 /**
52 * Sets whether the message is written or not, and notifies all threads
53 * waiting for this future. This method is invoked by MINA internally.
54 * Please do not call this method directly.
55 */
56 void setWritten(boolean written);
57 }