public CometEventImpl(Request request,
    Response response) 
{
        this.request = request;
        this.response = response;
}

 public  void clear() 
{
        request = null;
        response = null;
}

Clear the event.

 public  void close() throws IOException 
{
        if (request == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(sm.getString("cometEvent.nullRequest"));
        }
        boolean iscomet = request.isComet();
        request.setComet(false);
        response.finishResponse();
        if (iscomet) request.cometClose();
}

 public EventSubType getEventSubType() 
{
        return eventSubType;
}

 public EventType getEventType() 
{
        return eventType;
}

 public HttpServletRequest getHttpServletRequest() 
{
        return request.getRequest();
}

 public HttpServletResponse getHttpServletResponse() 
{
        return response.getResponse();
}

 public  void setEventSubType(EventSubType eventSubType) 
{
        this.eventSubType = eventSubType;
}

 public  void setEventType(EventType eventType) 
{
        this.eventType = eventType;
}

 public  void setTimeout(int timeout) throws IOException, ServletException, UnsupportedOperationException 
{
        if (request.getAttribute("org.apache.tomcat.comet.timeout.support") == Boolean.TRUE) {
            request.setAttribute("org.apache.tomcat.comet.timeout", new Integer(timeout));
            if (request.isComet()) request.setCometTimeout((long)timeout);
        } else {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
        }
}