1 package org.mortbay.io; 2 3 public interface AsyncEndPoint extends EndPoint 4 { 5 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */ 6 /** 7 * Dispatch the endpoint to a thread to attend to it. 8 * 9 * @return True If the dispatched succeeded 10 */ 11 public boolean dispatch(); 12 13 /** 14 * @return true if this endpoint can accept a dispatch. False if the 15 * endpoint cannot accept a dispatched (eg is suspended or already dispatched) 16 */ 17 public boolean isReadyForDispatch(); 18 19 }