/*
 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
 *
 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
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package io.netty.channel;

/**
 * {@link ChannelHandler} which adds callbacks for state changes. This allows the user
 * to hook in to state changes easily.
 */
public interface ChannelStateHandler extends ChannelHandler {

    void channelRegistered(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception;
    void channelUnregistered(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception;

    void channelActive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception;
    void channelInactive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception;

    /**
     * The inbound buffer of the {@link ChannelHandlerContext} was updated with new data.
     * This means something may be ready to get processed by the actual {@link ChannelStateHandler}
     * implementation. It's up to the implementation to consume it or keep it in the buffer
     * to wait for more data and consume it later.
     */
    void inboundBufferUpdated(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception;
}