Package org.apache.http.client

Interface ConnectionBackoffStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultBackoffStrategy, NullBackoffStrategy
public interface ConnectionBackoffStrategy
When managing a dynamic number of connections for a given route, this strategy assesses whether a given request execution outcome should result in a backoff signal or not, based on either examining the Throwable that resulted or by examining the resulting response (e.g. for its status code).
Since:
4.2

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    shouldBackoff(Throwable t)
    Determines whether seeing the given Throwable as a result of request execution should result in a backoff signal.
    boolean
    shouldBackoff(HttpResponse resp)
    Determines whether receiving the given HttpResponse as a result of request execution should result in a backoff signal.

  • Method Details

    • shouldBackoff

      boolean shouldBackoff(Throwable t)
      Determines whether seeing the given Throwable as a result of request execution should result in a backoff signal.
      Parameters:
      t - the Throwable that happened
      Returns:
      true if a backoff signal should be given

    • shouldBackoff

      boolean shouldBackoff(HttpResponse resp)
      Determines whether receiving the given HttpResponse as a result of request execution should result in a backoff signal. Implementations MUST restrict themselves to examining the response header and MUST NOT consume any of the response body, if any.
      Parameters:
      resp - the HttpResponse that was received
      Returns:
      true if a backoff signal should be given