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package akka.util.internal;

/**
 * A task which is executed after the delay specified with
 * {@link Timer#newTimeout(TimerTask, long, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit)}
 * .
 * 
 * @author <a href="http://www.jboss.org/netty/">The Netty Project</a>
 * @author <a href="http://gleamynode.net/">Trustin Lee</a>
 * @version $Rev: 2080 $, $Date: 2010-01-26 18:04:19 +0900 (Tue, 26 Jan 2010) $
 */
@Deprecated
public interface TimerTask {

  /**
   * Executed after the delay specified with
   * {@link Timer#newTimeout(TimerTask, long, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit)}
   * .
   * 
   * @param timeout
   *          a handle which is associated with this task
   */
  void run(Timeout timeout) throws Exception;
}