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package org.apache.catalina;
import java.io.IOException;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse;
public interface AsyncDispatcher {
/**
* Perform an asynchronous dispatch. The method does not check if the request is in an appropriate state for this;
* it is the caller's responsibility to check this.
*
* @param request The request object to pass to the dispatch target
* @param response The response object to pass to the dispatch target
*
* @throws ServletException if thrown by the dispatch target
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs while processing the dispatch
*/
void dispatch(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException;
}