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Support for the Servlet Async API

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type: enhancement
Dominant language
Java
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Description

Currently Spring WS only leverages the regular Servlet API with blocking the request handling thread. This could be improved by also allowing support for the async features of the Servlet API. Maybe parts of the async support in Spring MVC can be leveraged for this.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing Spring WS's current Servlet API request handling and comparing it with the async support in Spring MVC, both named in the issue. Done means defining and implementing support for Servlet asynchronous request handling without blocking the request-handling thread, with coverage for the supported behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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