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019
020 package javax.servlet;
021
022 import java.util.EventListener;
023
024 /**
025 * A ServletRequestListener can be implemented by the developer
026 * interested in being notified of requests coming in and out of
027 * scope in a web component. A request is defined as coming into
028 * scope when it is about to enter the first servlet or filter
029 * in each web application, as going out of scope when it exits
030 * the last servlet or the first filter in the chain.
031 *
032 * @since Servlet 2.4
033 */
034
035
036 public interface ServletRequestListener extends EventListener {
037
038 /** The request is about to go out of scope of the web application. */
039 public void requestDestroyed ( ServletRequestEvent sre );
040
041 /** The request is about to come into scope of the web application. */
042 public void requestInitialized ( ServletRequestEvent sre );
043 }