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13
14 package org.eclipse.jetty.io;
15
16 public interface AsyncEndPoint extends EndPoint
17 {
18 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
19 /**
20 * Dispatch the endpoint to a thread to attend to it.
21 *
22 */
23 public void dispatch();
24
25 /**
26 * @return true if this endpoint can accept a dispatch. False if the
27 * endpoint cannot accept a dispatched (eg is suspended or already dispatched)
28 */
29 public boolean isReadyForDispatch();
30
31 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
32 /** Schedule a write dispatch.
33 * Set the endpoint to not be writable and schedule a dispatch when
34 * it becomes writable.
35 */
36 public void scheduleWrite();
37
38 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
39 /** Schedule a call to the idle timeout
40 */
41 public void scheduleIdle();
42
43 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
44 /** Cancel a call to the idle timeout
45 */
46 public void cancelIdle();
47
48 }