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1 /*
2   File: BoundedChannel.java
3
4   Originally written by Doug Lea and released into the public domain.
5   This may be used for any purposes whatsoever without acknowledgment.
6   Thanks for the assistance and support of Sun Microsystems Labs,
7   and everyone contributing, testing, and using this code.
8
9   History:
10   Date Who What
11   11Jun1998 dl Create public version
12 */
13
14
15 package org.logicalcobwebs.concurrent;
16
17 /**
18  * A channel that is known to have a capacity, signifying
19  * that <code>put</code> operations may block when the
20  * capacity is reached. Various implementations may have
21  * intrinsically hard-wired capacities, capacities that are fixed upon
22  * construction, or dynamically adjustable capacities.
23  * @see DefaultChannelCapacity
24  * <p>[<a HREF="http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/classes/EDU/oswego/cs/dl/util/concurrent/intro.html"> Introduction to this package. </a>] <p>
25  **/
26
27 public interface BoundedChannel extends Channel {
28     /**
29      * Return the maximum number of elements that can be held.
30      * @return the capacity of this channel.
31      **/
32     public int capacity();
33 }
34
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