org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic

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

Method Detail

shouldBackoff

boolean shouldBackoff(HttpResponse response)

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:

response - the HttpResponse that was received

Returns:

true if a backoff signal should be given

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