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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 * @return True If the dispatched succeeded
23 */
24 public boolean dispatch();
25
26 /**
27 * @return true if this endpoint can accept a dispatch. False if the
28 * endpoint cannot accept a dispatched (eg is suspended or already dispatched)
29 */
30 public boolean isReadyForDispatch();
31
32 }