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package javax.servlet;

Event that gets fired when the asynchronous operation initiated on a ServletRequest (via a call to ServletRequest.startAsync or ServletRequest.startAsync(ServletRequest, ServletResponse)) has completed, timed out, or produced an error.
Since:Servlet 3.0
/** * Event that gets fired when the asynchronous operation initiated on a ServletRequest (via a call to * {@link ServletRequest#startAsync} or {@link ServletRequest#startAsync(ServletRequest, ServletResponse)}) has * completed, timed out, or produced an error. * * @since Servlet 3.0 */
public class AsyncEvent { private AsyncContext context; private ServletRequest request; private ServletResponse response; private Throwable throwable;
Constructs an AsyncEvent from the given AsyncContext.
Params:
  • context – the AsyncContex to be delivered with this AsyncEvent
/** * Constructs an AsyncEvent from the given AsyncContext. * * @param context the AsyncContex to be delivered with this AsyncEvent */
public AsyncEvent(AsyncContext context) { this(context, context.getRequest(), context.getResponse(), null); }
Constructs an AsyncEvent from the given AsyncContext, ServletRequest, and ServletResponse.
Params:
  • context – the AsyncContex to be delivered with this AsyncEvent
  • request – the ServletRequest to be delivered with this AsyncEvent
  • response – the ServletResponse to be delivered with this AsyncEvent
/** * Constructs an AsyncEvent from the given AsyncContext, ServletRequest, and ServletResponse. * * @param context the AsyncContex to be delivered with this AsyncEvent * @param request the ServletRequest to be delivered with this AsyncEvent * @param response the ServletResponse to be delivered with this AsyncEvent */
public AsyncEvent(AsyncContext context, ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response) { this(context, request, response, null); }
Constructs an AsyncEvent from the given AsyncContext and Throwable.
Params:
  • context – the AsyncContex to be delivered with this AsyncEvent
  • throwable – the Throwable to be delivered with this AsyncEvent
/** * Constructs an AsyncEvent from the given AsyncContext and Throwable. * * @param context the AsyncContex to be delivered with this AsyncEvent * @param throwable the Throwable to be delivered with this AsyncEvent */
public AsyncEvent(AsyncContext context, Throwable throwable) { this(context, context.getRequest(), context.getResponse(), throwable); }
Constructs an AsyncEvent from the given AsyncContext, ServletRequest, ServletResponse, and Throwable.
Params:
  • context – the AsyncContex to be delivered with this AsyncEvent
  • request – the ServletRequest to be delivered with this AsyncEvent
  • response – the ServletResponse to be delivered with this AsyncEvent
  • throwable – the Throwable to be delivered with this AsyncEvent
/** * Constructs an AsyncEvent from the given AsyncContext, ServletRequest, ServletResponse, and Throwable. * * @param context the AsyncContex to be delivered with this AsyncEvent * @param request the ServletRequest to be delivered with this AsyncEvent * @param response the ServletResponse to be delivered with this AsyncEvent * @param throwable the Throwable to be delivered with this AsyncEvent */
public AsyncEvent(AsyncContext context, ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, Throwable throwable) { this.context = context; this.request = request; this.response = response; this.throwable = throwable; }
Gets the AsyncContext from this AsyncEvent.
Returns:the AsyncContext that was used to initialize this AsyncEvent
/** * Gets the AsyncContext from this AsyncEvent. * * @return the AsyncContext that was used to initialize this AsyncEvent */
public AsyncContext getAsyncContext() { return context; }
Gets the ServletRequest from this AsyncEvent.

If the AsyncListener to which this AsyncEvent is being delivered was added using AsyncContext.addListener(AsyncListener, ServletRequest, ServletResponse), the returned ServletRequest will be the same as the one supplied to the above method. If the AsyncListener was added via AsyncContext.addListener(AsyncListener), this method must return null.

Returns:the ServletRequest that was used to initialize this AsyncEvent, or null if this AsyncEvent was initialized without any ServletRequest
/** * Gets the ServletRequest from this AsyncEvent. * * <p> * If the AsyncListener to which this AsyncEvent is being delivered was added using * {@link AsyncContext#addListener(AsyncListener, ServletRequest, ServletResponse)}, the returned ServletRequest * will be the same as the one supplied to the above method. If the AsyncListener was added via * {@link AsyncContext#addListener(AsyncListener)}, this method must return null. * * @return the ServletRequest that was used to initialize this AsyncEvent, or null if this AsyncEvent was * initialized without any ServletRequest */
public ServletRequest getSuppliedRequest() { return request; }
Gets the ServletResponse from this AsyncEvent.

If the AsyncListener to which this AsyncEvent is being delivered was added using AsyncContext.addListener(AsyncListener, ServletRequest, ServletResponse), the returned ServletResponse will be the same as the one supplied to the above method. If the AsyncListener was added via AsyncContext.addListener(AsyncListener), this method must return null.

Returns:the ServletResponse that was used to initialize this AsyncEvent, or null if this AsyncEvent was initialized without any ServletResponse
/** * Gets the ServletResponse from this AsyncEvent. * * <p> * If the AsyncListener to which this AsyncEvent is being delivered was added using * {@link AsyncContext#addListener(AsyncListener, ServletRequest, ServletResponse)}, the returned ServletResponse * will be the same as the one supplied to the above method. If the AsyncListener was added via * {@link AsyncContext#addListener(AsyncListener)}, this method must return null. * * @return the ServletResponse that was used to initialize this AsyncEvent, or null if this AsyncEvent was * initialized without any ServletResponse */
public ServletResponse getSuppliedResponse() { return response; }
Gets the Throwable from this AsyncEvent.
Returns:the Throwable that was used to initialize this AsyncEvent, or null if this AsyncEvent was initialized without any Throwable
/** * Gets the Throwable from this AsyncEvent. * * @return the Throwable that was used to initialize this AsyncEvent, or null if this AsyncEvent was initialized * without any Throwable */
public Throwable getThrowable() { return throwable; } }