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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 MINA Project (dev@mina.apache.org)
43   * @version $Rev: 591310 $, $Date: 2007-11-02 05:57:00 -0600 (Fri, 02 Nov 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       * Returns the cause of the write failure if and only if the write
53       * operation has failed due to an {@link Exception}.  Otherwise,
54       * <tt>null</tt> is returned.
55       */
56      Throwable getException();
57  
58      /**
59       * Sets the message is written, and notifies all threads waiting for
60       * this future.  This method is invoked by MINA internally.  Please do
61       * not call this method directly.
62       */
63      void setWritten();
64      
65      /**
66       * Sets the cause of the write failure, and notifies all threads waiting
67       * for this future.  This method is invoked by MINA internally.  Please
68       * do not call this method directly.
69       */
70      void setException(Throwable cause);
71  
72      WriteFuture await() throws InterruptedException;
73  
74      WriteFuture awaitUninterruptibly();
75  
76      WriteFuture addListener(IoFutureListener<?> listener);
77  
78      WriteFuture removeListener(IoFutureListener<?> listener);
79  }