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18
19 package org.eclipse.jetty.client.api;
20
21 import java.io.Closeable;
22
23 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Promise;
24
25 /**
26 * {@link Connection} represent a connection to a {@link Destination} and allow applications to send
27 * requests via {@link #send(Request, Response.CompleteListener)}.
28 * <p>
29 * {@link Connection}s are normally pooled by {@link Destination}s, but unpooled {@link Connection}s
30 * may be created by applications that want to do their own connection management via
31 * {@link Destination#newConnection(Promise)} and {@link Connection#close()}.
32 */
33 public interface Connection extends Closeable
34 {
35 /**
36 * Sends a request with an associated response listener.
37 * <p>
38 * {@link Request#send(Response.CompleteListener)} will eventually call this method to send the request.
39 * It is exposed to allow applications to send requests via unpooled connections.
40 *
41 * @param request the request to send
42 * @param listener the response listener
43 */
44 void send(Request request, Response.CompleteListener listener);
45
46 @Override
47 void close();
48 }