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18
19 package org.eclipse.jetty.client.api;
20
21 import java.io.Closeable;
22
23 /**
24 * {@link Connection} represent a connection to a {@link Destination} and allow applications to send
25 * requests via {@link #send(Request, Response.CompleteListener)}.
26 * <p />
27 * {@link Connection}s are normally pooled by {@link Destination}s, but unpooled {@link Connection}s
28 * may be created by applications that want to do their own connection management via
29 * {@link Destination#newConnection(Promise)} and {@link Connection#close()}.
30 */
31 public interface Connection extends Closeable
32 {
33 /**
34 * Sends a request with an associated response listener.
35 * <p />
36 * {@link Request#send(Response.CompleteListener)} will eventually call this method to send the request.
37 * It is exposed to allow applications to send requests via unpooled connections.
38 *
39 * @param request the request to send
40 * @param listener the response listener
41 */
42 void send(Request request, Response.CompleteListener listener);
43
44 @Override
45 void close();
46 }