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package org.springframework.web.context.request.async;

import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;

/**
 * Extends {@link NativeWebRequest} with methods for asynchronous request processing.
 *
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @since 3.2
 */
public interface AsyncWebRequest extends NativeWebRequest {

	/**
	 * Set the time required for concurrent handling to complete.
	 * This property should not be set when concurrent handling is in progress,
	 * i.e. when {@link #isAsyncStarted()} is {@code true}.
	 * @param timeout amount of time in milliseconds; {@code null} means no
	 * 	timeout, i.e. rely on the default timeout of the container.
	 */
	void setTimeout(Long timeout);

	/**
	 * Add a handler to invoke when concurrent handling has timed out.
	 */
	void addTimeoutHandler(Runnable runnable);

	/**
	 * Add a handle to invoke when request processing completes.
	 */
	void addCompletionHandler(Runnable runnable);

	/**
	 * Mark the start of asynchronous request processing so that when the main
	 * processing thread exits, the response remains open for further processing
	 * in another thread.
	 * @throws IllegalStateException if async processing has completed or is not supported
	 */
	void startAsync();

	/**
	 * Whether the request is in async mode following a call to {@link #startAsync()}.
	 * Returns "false" if asynchronous processing never started, has completed,
	 * or the request was dispatched for further processing.
	 */
	boolean isAsyncStarted();

	/**
	 * Dispatch the request to the container in order to resume processing after
	 * concurrent execution in an application thread.
	 */
	void dispatch();

	/**
	 * Whether asynchronous processing has completed.
	 */
	boolean isAsyncComplete();

}
