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package org.jboss.ejb.txtimer;
// $Id: RetryPolicy.java 81030 2008-11-14 12:59:42Z dimitris@jboss.org $
import javax.ejb.Timer;
/**
* An implementation can retry the invocation of the ejbTimeout method on a TimedObject.
*
* The RetryPolicy is stateless and has no knowledge of the TimedObjectId.
* It does the invocation through the given TimedObjectInvoker.
*
* @author Thomas.Diesler@jboss.org
* @version $Revision: 81030 $
* @since 07-Apr-2004
*/
public interface RetryPolicy
{
/**
* Invokes the ejbTimeout method on the TimedObject with the given id.
*
* @param invoker the invoker for the TimedObject
* @param timer the Timer that is passed to ejbTimeout
*/
void retryTimeout(TimedObjectInvoker invoker, Timer timer);
}