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package org.eclipse.jetty.client;
import java.io.Closeable;
import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Promise;
/**
* {@link Connection} represent a connection to a {@link Destination} and allow applications to send
* requests via {@link #send(Request, Response.CompleteListener)}.
*
* {@link Connection}s are normally pooled by {@link Destination}s, but unpooled {@link Connection}s
* may be created by applications that want to do their own connection management via
* {@link Destination#newConnection(Promise)} and {@link Connection#close()}.
*/
public interface Connection extends Closeable
{
/**
* Sends a request with an associated response listener.
*
* {@link Request#send(Response.CompleteListener)} will eventually call this method to send the request.
* It is exposed to allow applications to send requests via unpooled connections.
*
* @param request the request to send
* @param listener the response listener
*/
void send(Request request, Response.CompleteListener listener);
@Override
void close();
/**
* @return whether this connection has been closed
* @see #close()
*/
boolean isClosed();
}