diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultFileRegion.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultFileRegion.java
index f07c435d83..5d0c93ecc3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultFileRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/DefaultFileRegion.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class DefaultFileRegion implements FileRegion {
     private final FileChannel file;
     private final long position;
     private final long count;
-    private boolean releaseAfterTransfer;
+    private final boolean releaseAfterTransfer;
 
     public DefaultFileRegion(FileChannel file, long position, long count, boolean releaseAfterTransfer) {
         this.file = file;
@@ -24,12 +24,8 @@ public class DefaultFileRegion implements FileRegion {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Calls {@link #DefaultFileRegion(FileChannel, long, long, boolean)} with <code>true</code>
-     * as the last argument.
-     * 
-     * @param file
-     * @param position
-     * @param count
+     * Calls {@link #DefaultFileRegion(FileChannel, long, long, boolean)}
+     * with <code>true</code> as the last argument.
      */
     public DefaultFileRegion(FileChannel file, long position, long count) {
         this(file, position, count, true);
@@ -46,6 +42,11 @@ public class DefaultFileRegion implements FileRegion {
         return count;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean releaseAfterTransfer() {
+        return releaseAfterTransfer;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public long transferTo(WritableByteChannel target, long position) throws IOException {
         long count = this.count - position;
@@ -69,13 +70,4 @@ public class DefaultFileRegion implements FileRegion {
             logger.warn("Failed to close a file.", e);
         }
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean releaseAfterTransfer() {
-        return releaseAfterTransfer;
-    }
-    
-    public void setReleaseAfterTransfer(boolean releaseAfterTransfer) {
-        this.releaseAfterTransfer = releaseAfterTransfer;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/FileRegion.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/FileRegion.java
index cd5c5cc7d1..0780fb7a0d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/FileRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/FileRegion.java
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ public interface FileRegion extends ExternalResourceReleasable {
      */
     long getCount();
 
+    /**
+     * Returns <code>true</code> if {@link #releaseExternalResources()} has to
+     * be called after the transfer of this {@link FileRegion} is complete.
+     */
+    boolean releaseAfterTransfer();
+
     /**
      * Transfers the content of this file region to the specified channel.
      *
@@ -84,12 +90,4 @@ public interface FileRegion extends ExternalResourceReleasable {
      *                  byte of the region transferred.
      */
     long transferTo(WritableByteChannel target, long position) throws IOException;
-    
-    /**
-     * Returns <code>true</code> if {@link #releaseExternalResources()} should be called after the
-     * transfer of the {@link FileRegion} was complete.
-     * 
-     * @return release
-     */
-    public boolean releaseAfterTransfer();
 }
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