57 lines
2.1 KiB
Java
57 lines
2.1 KiB
Java
/*
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* Copyright 2013 The Netty Project
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*
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* The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
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* version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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* with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
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* WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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* License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
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* under the License.
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*/
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package io.netty.channel;
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import java.io.Serializable;
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/**
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* Represents the globally unique identifier of a {@link Channel}.
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* <p>
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* The identifier is generated from various sources listed in the following:
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* <ul>
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* <li>MAC address (EUI-48 or EUI-64) or the network adapter, preferably a globally unique one,</li>
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* <li>the current process ID,</li>
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* <li>{@link System#currentTimeMillis()},</li>
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* <li>{@link System#nanoTime()},</li>
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* <li>a random 32-bit integer, and</li>
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* <li>a sequentially incremented 32-bit integer.</li>
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* </ul>
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* </p>
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* <p>
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* The global uniqueness of the generated identifier mostly depends on the MAC address and the current process ID,
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* which are auto-detected at the class-loading time in best-effort manner. If all attempts to acquire them fail,
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* a warning message is logged, and random values will be used instead. Alternatively, you can specify them manually
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* via system properties:
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* <ul>
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* <li>{@code io.netty.machineId} - hexadecimal representation of 48 (or 64) bit integer,
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* optionally separated by colon or hyphen.</li>
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* <li>{@code io.netty.processId} - an integer between 0 and 65535</li>
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* </ul>
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* </p>
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*/
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public interface ChannelId extends Serializable, Comparable<ChannelId> {
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/**
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* Returns the short but globally non-unique string representation of the {@link ChannelId}.
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*/
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String asShortText();
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/**
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* Returns the long yet globally unique string representation of the {@link ChannelId}.
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*/
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String asLongText();
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}
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