The solution is Continuations, a new feature introduced in Jetty 6. A java Filter or Servlet that is handling an AJAX request, may now request a Continuation object that can be used to effectively suspend the request and free the current thread. The request is resumed after a timeout or immediately if the resume method is called on the Continuation object. In the Jetty 6 chat room demo, the following code handles the AJAX poll for events:
