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package org.apache.mina.core.future;

/**
 * An {@link IoFuture} for asynchronous close requests.
 *
 * <h3>Example</h3>
 * <pre>
 * IoSession session = ...;
 * CloseFuture future = session.close(true);
 * 
 * // Wait until the connection is closed
 * future.awaitUninterruptibly();
 * 
 * // Now connection should be closed.
 * assert future.isClosed();
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a>
 */
public interface CloseFuture extends IoFuture {
    /**
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the close request is finished and the session is closed.
     */
    boolean isClosed();

    /**
     * Marks this future as closed and notifies all threads waiting for this
     * future. This method is invoked by MINA internally.  Please do not call
     * this method directly.
     */
    void setClosed();

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    CloseFuture await() throws InterruptedException;

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    CloseFuture awaitUninterruptibly();

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    CloseFuture addListener(IoFutureListener<?> listener);

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    CloseFuture removeListener(IoFutureListener<?> listener);
}
