1 //======================================================================== 2 //Copyright 2004-2008 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd. 3 //------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 //Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 //you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 //You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 //http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 8 //Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 9 //distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 10 //WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 11 //See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 12 //limitations under the License. 13 //======================================================================== 14 15 package org.mortbay.io; 16 17 public interface AsyncEndPoint extends EndPoint 18 { 19 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */ 20 /** 21 * Dispatch the endpoint to a thread to attend to it. 22 * 23 * @return True If the dispatched succeeded 24 */ 25 public boolean dispatch(); 26 27 /** 28 * @return true if this endpoint can accept a dispatch. False if the 29 * endpoint cannot accept a dispatched (eg is suspended or already dispatched) 30 */ 31 public boolean isReadyForDispatch(); 32 33 }