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package org.springframework.messaging.handler.invocation;
import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
/**
* An extension of {@link HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler} for handling async,
* Future-like return value types that support success and error callbacks.
* Essentially anything that can be adapted to a {@link ListenableFuture}.
*
* Implementations should consider extending the convenient base class
* {@link AbstractAsyncReturnValueHandler}.
*
* @author Rossen Stoyanchev
* @since 4.2
* @see AbstractAsyncReturnValueHandler
*/
public interface AsyncHandlerMethodReturnValueHandler extends HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler {
/**
* Whether the return value represents an asynchronous, Future-like type
* with success and error callbacks. If this method returns {@code true},
* then {@link #toListenableFuture} is invoked next. If it returns
* {@code false}, then {@link #handleReturnValue} is called.
*
Note: this method will only be invoked after
* {@link #supportsReturnType(org.springframework.core.MethodParameter)}
* is called and it returns {@code true}.
* @param returnValue the value returned from the handler method
* @param returnType the type of the return value.
* @return true if the return value type represents an async value.
*/
boolean isAsyncReturnValue(Object returnValue, MethodParameter returnType);
/**
* Adapt the asynchronous return value to a {@link ListenableFuture}.
* Implementations should consider returning an instance of
* {@link org.springframework.util.concurrent.SettableListenableFuture
* SettableListenableFuture}. Return value handling will then continue when
* the ListenableFuture is completed with either success or error.
*
Note: this method will only be invoked after
* {@link #supportsReturnType(org.springframework.core.MethodParameter)}
* is called and it returns {@code true}.
* @param returnValue the value returned from the handler method
* @param returnType the type of the return value.
* @return the resulting ListenableFuture or {@code null} in which case no
* further handling will be performed.
*/
@Nullable
ListenableFuture toListenableFuture(Object returnValue, MethodParameter returnType);
}