public interface

RetryBackoffStrategy

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package com.netflix.astyanax.connectionpool;

/**
 * Strategy used to calculate how much to back off for each subsequent attempt
 * to reconnect to a downed host
 * 
 * @author elandau
 * 
 */
public interface RetryBackoffStrategy {
    public interface Callback {
        boolean tryConnect(int attemptCount);
    }

    public interface Instance {
        /**
         * Start the reconnect process
         */
        void begin();

        /**
         * Called when a connection was established successfully
         */
        void success();

        /**
         * Return the next backoff delay in the strategy
         * 
         * @return
         */
        long getNextDelay();

        /**
         * Suspend the host for being bad (i.e. timing out too much)
         */
        void suspend();

        int getAttemptCount();
    };

    /**
     * Create an instance of the strategy for a single host
     * 
     * @return
     */
    Instance createInstance();
}