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package org.apache.mina.common;

/**
 * An {@link IoFuture} for asynchronous close requests.
 *
 * <h3>Example</h3>
 * <pre>
 * IoSession session = ...;
 * CloseFuture future = session.close();
 * // Wait until the connection is closed
 * future.join();
 * // Now connection should be closed.
 * assert future.isClosed();
 * </pre>
 * 
 * @author The Apache Directory Project (mina-dev@directory.apache.org)
 * @version $Rev$, $Date$
 */
public interface CloseFuture extends IoFuture
{
    /**
     * Returns <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();
}