/* * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project * * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License, * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ package io.netty.channel; import io.netty.util.concurrent.EventExecutor; /** * Will handle all the I/O operations for a {@link Channel} once registered. * * One {@link EventLoop} instance will usually handle more then one {@link Channel} but this may depend on * implementation details and internals. * */ public interface EventLoop extends EventExecutor, EventLoopGroup { @Override EventLoopGroup parent(); }