com.whizzosoftware.hobson.api.plugin

Interface EventLoopExecutor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChannelObjectPlugin, AbstractHobsonPlugin, AbstractHttpClientPlugin

public interface EventLoopExecutor

An interface that allows the invocation of code from within an event loop thread.

Author:

Dan Noguerol

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Future	executeInEventLoop(java.lang.Runnable runnable) Execute a task using an event loop.

Method Detail

executeInEventLoop

Future executeInEventLoop(java.lang.Runnable runnable)

Execute a task using an event loop. Note that this will tie up the event loop while the task is being executed so this should not be used for long running tasks.

Parameters:

runnable - a task to execute

Returns:

a Future representing the result of the execution