1 /*
2 * Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
3 *
4 * Red Hat licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version 2.0
5 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
6 * License. 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
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12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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14 * under the License.
15 */
16 package org.jboss.netty.util;
17
18 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
19
20 /**
21 * A task which is executed after the delay specified with
22 * {@link Timer#newTimeout(TimerTask, long, TimeUnit)}.
23 *
24 * @author <a href="http://www.jboss.org/netty/">The Netty Project</a>
25 * @author <a href="http://gleamynode.net/">Trustin Lee</a>
26 * @version $Rev: 2080 $, $Date: 2010-01-26 18:04:19 +0900 (Tue, 26 Jan 2010) $
27 */
28 public interface TimerTask {
29
30 /**
31 * Executed after the delay specified with
32 * {@link Timer#newTimeout(TimerTask, long, TimeUnit)}.
33 *
34 * @param timeout a handle which is associated with this task
35 */
36 void run(Timeout timeout) throws Exception;
37 }