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package io.undertow.server;

/**
 * Listener interface for events that are run at the completion of a request/response
 * cycle (i.e. when the request has been completely read, and the response has been fully written).
 *
 * At this point it is too late to modify the exchange further.
 *
 * Implementations are required invoke {@link NextListener#proceed()} to allow other listeners to release
 * resources, even in failure scenarios. This chain allows transfer of request ownership between
 * listeners in order to complete using non-blocking mechanisms, and must not be used to conditionally
 * proceed.
 *
 * Completion listeners are invoked in reverse order.
 *
 * @author Stuart Douglas
 */
public interface ExchangeCompletionListener {

    void exchangeEvent(HttpServerExchange exchange, NextListener nextListener);

    interface NextListener {

        /**
         * Invokes the next {@link ExchangeCompletionListener listener}. This must be executed by
         * every {@link ExchangeCompletionListener} implementation, and may be invoked from a
         * different thread as a callback. Failure to proceed will cause resource leaks, and
         * potentially cause requests to hang.
         */
        void proceed();

    }
}
