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package java.net;

/**

* A socket option associated with a socket.

*

* <p> In the {@link java.nio.channels channels} package, the {@link

* java.nio.channels.NetworkChannel} interface defines the {@link

* java.nio.channels.NetworkChannel#setOption(SocketOption,Object) setOption}

* and {@link java.nio.channels.NetworkChannel#getOption(SocketOption) getOption}

* methods to set and query the channel's socket options.

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* @param <T> The type of the socket option value.

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* @since 1.7

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* @see StandardSocketOptions

*/

public interface SocketOption<T> {

/**

* Returns the name of the socket option.

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* @return the name of the socket option

*/

String name();

/**

* Returns the type of the socket option value.

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* @return the type of the socket option value

*/

Class<T> type();

}