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package org.apache.catalina;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;

public interface AsyncDispatcher {

    /**
     * Perform an asynchronous dispatch. The method does not check if the request is in an appropriate state for this;
     * it is the caller's responsibility to check this.
     *
     * @param request  The request object to pass to the dispatch target
     * @param response The response object to pass to the dispatch target
     *
     * @throws ServletException if thrown by the dispatch target
     * @throws IOException      if an I/O error occurs while processing the dispatch
     */
    void dispatch(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException;
}