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package org.apache.mina.filter.executor;

import java.util.EventListener;

import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoEvent;

/**
 * Listens and filters all event queue operations occurring in
 * {@link OrderedThreadPoolExecutor} and {@link UnorderedThreadPoolExecutor}.
 *
 * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a>
 */
public interface IoEventQueueHandler extends EventListener {

    /**
     * A dummy handler which always accepts event doing nothing particular.
     */
    static IoEventQueueHandler NOOP = new IoEventQueueHandler() {
        public boolean accept(Object source, IoEvent event) {
            return true;
        }
        public void offered(Object source, IoEvent event) {
            // NOOP
        }
        public void polled(Object source, IoEvent event) {
            // NOOP
        }
    };

    /**
     * Returns <tt>true</tt> if and only if the specified <tt>event</tt> is
     * allowed to be offered to the event queue.  The <tt>event</tt> is dropped
     * if <tt>false</tt> is returned.
     */
    boolean accept(Object source, IoEvent event);

    /**
     * Invoked after the specified <tt>event</tt> has been offered to the
     * event queue.
     */
    void offered(Object source, IoEvent event);

    /**
     * Invoked after the specified <tt>event</tt> has been polled from the
     * event queue.
     */
    void polled(Object source, IoEvent event);
}
