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 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
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 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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package org.jboss.netty.channel.local;

import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelSink;

/**
 * The default {@link LocalClientChannelFactory} implementation.
 * @apiviz.landmark
 */
public class DefaultLocalClientChannelFactory implements LocalClientChannelFactory {

    private final ChannelSink sink;

    /**
     * Creates a new instance.
     */
    public DefaultLocalClientChannelFactory() {
        sink = new LocalClientChannelSink();
    }

    public LocalChannel newChannel(ChannelPipeline pipeline) {
        return new DefaultLocalChannel(null, this, pipeline, sink, null);
    }

    /**
     * Does nothing because this implementation does not require any external
     * resources.
     */
    public void releaseExternalResources() {
        // No external resources.
    }

    public void shutdown() {
        // nothing to shutdown
    }
}
