io.netty.channel

Interface IoExecutionContext

public interface IoExecutionContext

The execution context for an IoHandler. All methods must be called from the IoEventLoop thread.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canBlock() Returns true if blocking for IO is allowed or if we should try to do a non-blocking request for IO to be ready.
long	deadlineNanos() Returns the absolute point in time at which the next closest scheduled task should run or -1 if nothing is scheduled to run.
long	delayNanos(long currentTimeNanos) Returns the amount of time left until the scheduled task with the closest deadline should run.

Method Detail

canBlock

boolean canBlock()

Returns true if blocking for IO is allowed or if we should try to do a non-blocking request for IO to be ready.

Returns:

true if allowed, false otherwise.

delayNanos

long delayNanos(long currentTimeNanos)

Returns the amount of time left until the scheduled task with the closest deadline should run.

Parameters:

currentTimeNanos - the current nanos.

Returns:

nanos

deadlineNanos

long deadlineNanos()

Returns the absolute point in time at which the next closest scheduled task should run or -1 if nothing is scheduled to run.

Returns:

deadline.