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package jakarta.servlet;
/**
* Provides the context for asynchronous request handling
*
* @since Servlet 3.0
*/
public interface AsyncContext {
/**
* The attribute name for the URI of the async request
*/
public static final String ASYNC_REQUEST_URI =
"jakarta.servlet.async.request_uri";
/**
* The attribute name for the Context Path of the async request
*/
public static final String ASYNC_CONTEXT_PATH =
"jakarta.servlet.async.context_path";
/**
* The attribute name for the Mapping of the async request
*/
public static final String ASYNC_MAPPING =
"jakarta.servlet.async.mapping";
/**
* The attribute name for the Path Info of the async request
*/
public static final String ASYNC_PATH_INFO =
"jakarta.servlet.async.path_info";
/**
* The attribute name for the Servlet Path of the async request
*/
public static final String ASYNC_SERVLET_PATH =
"jakarta.servlet.async.servlet_path";
/**
* The attribute name for the Query String of the async request
*/
public static final String ASYNC_QUERY_STRING =
"jakarta.servlet.async.query_string";
/**
* @return a reference to the ServletRequest object
*/
ServletRequest getRequest();
/**
* @return a reference to the ServletResponse object
*/
ServletResponse getResponse();
/**
* @return true if the Request and Response are the original ones
*/
boolean hasOriginalRequestAndResponse();
/**
* @throws IllegalStateException if this method is called when the request
* is not in asynchronous mode. The request is in asynchronous mode after
* {@link jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#startAsync()} or
* {@link jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#startAsync(ServletRequest,
* ServletResponse)} has been called and before {@link #complete()} or any
* other dispatch() method has been called.
*/
void dispatch();
/**
* @param path The path to which the request/response should be dispatched
* relative to the {@link ServletContext} from which this async
* request was started.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if this method is called when the request
* is not in asynchronous mode. The request is in asynchronous mode after
* {@link jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#startAsync()} or
* {@link jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#startAsync(ServletRequest,
* ServletResponse)} has been called and before {@link #complete()} or any
* other dispatch() method has been called.
*/
void dispatch(String path);
/**
* @param path The path to which the request/response should be dispatched
* relative to the specified {@link ServletContext}.
* @param context The {@link ServletContext} to which the request/response
* should be dispatched.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if this method is called when the request
* is not in asynchronous mode. The request is in asynchronous mode after
* {@link jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#startAsync()} or
* {@link jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#startAsync(ServletRequest,
* ServletResponse)} has been called and before {@link #complete()} or any
* other dispatch() method has been called.
*/
void dispatch(ServletContext context, String path);
/**
* Completes the async request processing and closes the response stream
*/
void complete();
/**
* Starts a new thread to process the asynchronous request
*
* @param run a Runnable that the new thread will run
*/
void start(Runnable run);
/**
* Adds an event listener that will be called for different AsyncEvents fire
*
* @param listener an AsyncListener that will be called with AsyncEvent objects
*/
void addListener(AsyncListener listener);
/**
* Adds an event listener that will be called when different AsyncEvents fire
*
* @param listener an AsyncListener that will be called with AsyncEvent objects
* @param request the ServletRequest that will be passed with the AsyncEvent
* @param response the ServletResponse that will be passed with the AsyncEvent
*/
void addListener(AsyncListener listener, ServletRequest request,
ServletResponse response);
/**
* Creates and returns an AsyncListener object
*
* @param The type to create that extends AsyncListener
* @param clazz The class to instantiate to create the listener
* @return the newly created AsyncListener object
* @throws ServletException if the listener cannot be created
*/
T createListener(Class clazz)
throws ServletException;
/**
* Set the timeout.
*
* @param timeout The timeout in milliseconds. 0 or less indicates no
* timeout.
*/
void setTimeout(long timeout);
/**
* Get the current timeout.
*
* @return The timeout in milliseconds. 0 or less indicates no timeout.
*/
long getTimeout();
}