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package org.mobicents.timers;


/**
 * Different strategies to use when scheduling a {@link Runnable} on a {@link FaultTolerantScheduler}
 * @author martins
 *
 */
public enum PeriodicScheduleStrategy {

	/**
	 * Periodic action that becomes enabled first
     * after the given initial delay, and subsequently with the given
     * period; that is executions will commence after
     * initialDelay then initialDelay+period, then
     * initialDelay + 2 * period, and so on.
	 */
	atFixedRate, 
	
	/**
	 * Periodic action that becomes enabled first
     * after the given initial delay, and subsequently with the
     * given delay between the termination of one execution and the
     * commencement of the next.
	 */
	withFixedDelay
}