DispatcherType.java
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package jakarta.servlet;
/**
* Enumeration of dispatcher types. Used both to define filter mappings and by Servlets to determine why they were
* called.
*
* @since Servlet 3.0
*/
public enum DispatcherType {
/**
* {@link RequestDispatcher#forward(ServletRequest, ServletResponse)}
*/
FORWARD,
/**
* {@link RequestDispatcher#include(ServletRequest, ServletResponse)}
*/
INCLUDE,
/**
* Normal (non-dispatched) requests.
*/
REQUEST,
/**
* {@link AsyncContext#dispatch()}, {@link AsyncContext#dispatch(String)} and
* {@link AsyncContext#addListener(AsyncListener, ServletRequest, ServletResponse)}
*/
ASYNC,
/**
* When the container has passed processing to the error handler mechanism such as a defined error page.
*/
ERROR
}