Interface AsyncCloseable

All Known Subinterfaces:
AsyncIterator<T>
Functional Interface:
This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface public interface AsyncCloseable
Copy of com.ibm.asyncutil.util.AsyncClosable in com.ibm.async:asyncutil:0.1.0 with minor changes to the java doc.

An object that may hold resources that must be explicitly released, where the release may be performed asynchronously.

Examples of such resources are manually managed memory, open file handles, socket descriptors etc. While similar to AutoCloseable, this interface should be used when the resource release operation may be async. For example, if an object is thread-safe and has many consumers, an implementation may require all current ongoing operations to complete before resources are relinquished.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Relinquishes any resources associated with this object.
  • Method Details

    • close

      Relinquishes any resources associated with this object.
      Returns:
      a CompletionStage that completes when all resources associated with this object have been released, or with an exception if the resources cannot be released.