As part of point-to-point integration, a developer must call an external web service which, due...

For implementing business requirements that involve collecting key inputs from the end user before making a long-running callout, a combination of a Lightning web component and an Apex method that returns a Continuation object is ideal. The Lightning web component can be used to build a user-friendly interface to collect the inputs, and the Continuation object in Apex allows for managing the callout in an asynchronous way. This pattern prevents the user interface from freezing and provides a better user experience by allowing the callout to run in the background.