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 *
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 */

package jakarta.servlet.http;

import jakarta.servlet.ServletInputStream;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This interface encapsulates the connection for an upgrade request. It allows the protocol handler to send service
 * requests and status queries to the container.
 *
 * @since Servlet 3.1
 */
public interface WebConnection extends AutoCloseable {
    /**
     * Returns an input stream for this web connection.
     *
     * @return a ServletInputStream for reading binary data
     *
     * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    ServletInputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns an output stream for this web connection.
     *
     * @return a ServletOutputStream for writing binary data
     *
     * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    ServletOutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException;
}