(Quick Reference) # 11.6 Servlet 3.0 Async Version: 3.2.8 ## 11.6 Servlet 3.0 Async In addition to the higher level async features discussed earlier in the section, you can access the raw Servlet 3.0 asynchronous API from a Grails application. #### Servlet 3.0 Asynchronous Rendering You can render content (templates, binary data etc.) in an asynchronous manner by calling the `startAsync` method which returns an instance of the Servlet 3.0 `AsyncContext`. Once you have a reference to the `AsyncContext` you can use Grails' regular render method to render content:
    def index() {
        def ctx = startAsync()
        ctx.start {
            new Book(title:"The Stand").save()
            render template:"books", model:[books:Book.list()]
            ctx.complete()
        }
    }
Note that you must call the `complete()` method to terminate the connection. #### Resuming an Async Request You resume processing of an async request (for example to delegate to view rendering) by using the `dispatch` method of the `AsyncContext` class:
    def index() {
        def ctx = startAsync()
        ctx.start {
            // do working
            ...
            // render view
            ctx.dispatch()
        }
    }
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