/*
* Copyright 2007-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
*
* This file is part of Project Darkstar Server.
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package com.sun.sgs.nio.channels;
/**
* A socket option associated with a socket. A {@link NetworkChannel}
* defines the {@link NetworkChannel#setOption setOption} and
* {@link NetworkChannel#getOption getOption} methods to configure and query
* the socket options of the channel's socket.
*/
public interface SocketOption {
/**
* Returns the name of the socket option.
*
* @return the name of the socket option
*/
String name();
/**
* Returns the type of the socket option value.
*
* @return the type of the socket option value
*/
Class<?> type();
}