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[#2323] Make it clear a Channel must be closed to release all resources

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Motivation:
Ensure the user know the Channel must be closed to release resources like filehandles.

Modifications:
Add some extra javadoc.

Result:
More clear documentation
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Norman Maurer 2014-03-16 06:56:49 -07:00
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transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/Channel.java
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@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ import java.net.SocketAddress;
* transport. Down-cast the {@link Channel} to sub-type to invoke such * transport. Down-cast the {@link Channel} to sub-type to invoke such
* operations. For example, with the old I/O datagram transport, multicast * operations. For example, with the old I/O datagram transport, multicast
* join / leave operations are provided by {@link DatagramChannel}. * join / leave operations are provided by {@link DatagramChannel}.
*
* <h3>Release resources</h3>
* <p>
* It is important to call {@link #close()} or {@link #close(ChannelPromise)} to release all
* resources once you are done with the {@link Channel}. This ensures all resources are
* released in a proper way, i.e. filehandles.
*/ */
public interface Channel extends AttributeMap, Comparable<Channel> { public interface Channel extends AttributeMap, Comparable<Channel> {