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package org.apache.camel.component.netty;

import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;

/**
 * Factory for creating new {@link ChannelHandler} used for non shareable
 * encoders and decoders configured on the Camel {@link NettyComponent}.
 * <p/>
 * This is needed as Netty's {@link ChannelHandler} is often not shareable
 * and therefore a new instance must be created when a handler is being
 * added to a pipeline.
 */
public interface ChannelHandlerFactory extends ChannelHandler {

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link ChannelHandler} to be used.
     */
    ChannelHandler newChannelHandler();
}
