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package org.apache.commons.httpclient;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* A handler for determining if an HttpMethod should be retried after a
* recoverable exception during execution.
*
* <p>
* Classes implementing this interface must synchronize access to shared
* data as methods of this interfrace may be executed from multiple threads
* </p>
*
* @see HttpMethod#execute(HttpState, HttpConnection)
*
* @author Michael Becke
* @author <a href="mailto:oleg -at- ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
*/
public interface HttpMethodRetryHandler {
/**
* Determines if a method should be retried after an HttpRecoverableException
* occurs during execution.
*
* @param method the method being executed
* @param exception the exception that occurred
* @param executionCount the number of times this method has been
* unsuccessfully executed
*
* @return <code>true</code> if the method should be retried, <code>false</code>
* otherwise
*/
boolean retryMethod(HttpMethod method, IOException exception, int executionCount);
}