AsyncEndPoint.java

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package org.eclipse.jetty.io;

import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.Timeout;

public interface AsyncEndPoint extends ConnectedEndPoint
{
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /**
     * Dispatch the endpoint to a thread to attend to it.
     * 
     */
    public void asyncDispatch();
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Schedule a write dispatch.
     * Set the endpoint to not be writable and schedule a dispatch when
     * it becomes writable.
     */
    public void scheduleWrite();  

    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Callback when idle.
     * <p>An endpoint is idle if there has been no IO activity for 
     * {@link #getMaxIdleTime()} and {@link #isCheckForIdle()} is true.
     * @param idleForMs TODO
     */
    public void onIdleExpired(long idleForMs);

    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Set if the endpoint should be checked for idleness
     */
    public void setCheckForIdle(boolean check);

    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Get if the endpoint should be checked for idleness
     */
    public boolean isCheckForIdle();

    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public boolean isWritable();

    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /**
     * @return True if IO has been successfully performed since the last call to {@link #hasProgressed()}
     */
    public boolean hasProgressed();
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /**
     */
    public void scheduleTimeout(Timeout.Task task, long timeoutMs);

    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /**
     */
    public void cancelTimeout(Timeout.Task task);
}