public interface

BadHostDetector

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package com.netflix.astyanax.connectionpool;

/**
 * Interface for algorithm to detect when a host is considered down. Once a host
 * is considered to be down it will be added to the retry service
 * 
 * @author elandau
 * 
 */
public interface BadHostDetector {
    public interface Instance {
        /**
         * Add a timeout sample and return false if the host should be
         * quarantined
         * 
         * @return true to quarantine or false to continue using this host
         */
        boolean addTimeoutSample();
    }

    Instance createInstance();

    void removeInstance(Instance instance);
}