java/javax/servlet/AsyncContext.java

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package javax.servlet;

/**
 * $Id$
 * TODO SERVLET3 - Add comments
 * @since Servlet 3.0
 */
public interface AsyncContext {
    public static final String ASYNC_REQUEST_URI =
        "javax.servlet.async.request_uri";
    public static final String ASYNC_CONTEXT_PATH  =
        "javax.servlet.async.context_path";
    public static final String ASYNC_PATH_INFO =
        "javax.servlet.async.path_info";
    public static final String ASYNC_SERVLET_PATH =
        "javax.servlet.async.servlet_path";
    public static final String ASYNC_QUERY_STRING =
        "javax.servlet.async.query_string";

    ServletRequest getRequest();

    ServletResponse getResponse();

    boolean hasOriginalRequestAndResponse();

    /**
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     */
    void dispatch();

    /**
     *
     * @param path
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     */
    void dispatch(String path);

    /**
     *
     * @param context
     * @param path
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     */
    void dispatch(ServletContext context, String path);

    void complete();

    void start(Runnable run);

    void addListener(AsyncListener listener);

    void addListener(AsyncListener listener, ServletRequest request,
            ServletResponse response);

    <T extends AsyncListener> T createListener(Class<T> clazz)
    throws ServletException;

    /**
     * Set timeout in milliseconds. 0 or less indicates no timeout.
     */
    void setTimeout(long timeout);

    /**
     * Get timeout in milliseconds. 0 or less indicates no timeout.
     */
    long getTimeout();
}