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package java.nio.channels;


import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Channels that implement this interface can be asynchronously closed and
 * interrupted.
 * <p>
 * A channel that can be asynchronously closed permits that a thread blocked on
 * an I/O operation (the I/O thread) can be released by another thread calling
 * the channel's {@link #close()} method. The I/O thread will throw an
 * {@link AsynchronousCloseException} and the channel will be closed.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * A channel that is interruptible permits a thread blocked on an I/O operation
 * (the I/O thread) to be interrupted by another thread (by invoking
 * {@link Thread#interrupt()} on the I/O thread). When the I/O thread is
 * interrupted it will throw a {@link ClosedByInterruptException}, it will have
 * its interrupted status set and the channel will be closed. If the I/O thread
 * attempts to make an I/O call with the interrupt status set the call will
 * immediately fail with a {@link ClosedByInterruptException}.
 * 
 * @since Android 1.0
 */
public interface InterruptibleChannel extends Channel {

    /**
     * Closes the channel.
     * <p>
     * Any threads that are blocked on I/O operations on this channel will be
     * interrupted with an {@link AsynchronousCloseException}. Otherwise, this
     * method behaves the same as defined in the {@code Channel} interface.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @throws IOException
     *             if an I/O error occurs while closing the channel.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public void close() throws IOException;

}