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package org.forgerock.opendj.ldap;



import org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.responses.IntermediateResponse;



/**
 * A completion handler for consuming intermediate responses returned from
 * extended operations, or other operations for which an appropriate control was
 * sent.
 * <p>
 * Intermediate responses are rarely used in practice and are therefore only
 * supported in a few specialized cases where they are most likely to be
 * encountered:
 * <ul>
 * <li>when performing extended requests using the
 * {@link Connection#extendedRequest} methods
 * <li>when using the asynchronous operation methods, such as
 * {@link Connection#addAsync}
 * </ul>
 * When no handler is provided any intermediate responses will be discarded.
 * <p>
 * The {@link #handleIntermediateResponse} method is invoked each time a
 * Intermediate Response is returned from the Directory Server.
 * <p>
 * Implementations of these methods should complete in a timely manner so as to
 * avoid keeping the invoking thread from dispatching to other completion
 * handlers.
 */
public interface IntermediateResponseHandler
{
  /**
   * Invoked each time an intermediate response is returned from the Directory
   * Server.
   *
   * @param response
   *          The intermediate response.
   * @return {@code true} if this handler should continue to be notified of any
   *         remaining intermediate responses, or {@code false} if the remaining
   *         responses should be skipped for some reason (e.g. a client side
   *         size limit has been reached).
   */
  boolean handleIntermediateResponse(IntermediateResponse response);
}