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package org.apache.http.client;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;

/**
 * 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
 * {@code Throwable} that resulted or by examining the resulting
 * response (e.g. for its status code).
 *
 * @since 4.2
 *
 */
public interface ConnectionBackoffStrategy {

    /**
     * Determines whether seeing the given {@code Throwable} as
     * a result of request execution should result in a backoff
     * signal.
     * @param t the {@code Throwable} that happened
     * @return {@code true} if a backoff signal should be
     *   given
     */
    boolean shouldBackoff(Throwable t);

    /**
     * Determines whether receiving the given {@link 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.
     * @param resp the {@code HttpResponse} that was received
     * @return {@code true} if a backoff signal should be
     *   given
     */
    boolean shouldBackoff(HttpResponse resp);
}