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package com.hazelcast.util.concurrent;
/**
* Idle strategy for use by threads when then they don't have work to do.
*/
public interface IdleStrategy {
/**
* Perform current idle strategy's step <i>n</i>.
*
* @param n number of times this method has been previously called with no intervening work done.
* @return whether the strategy has reached the longest pause time.
*/
boolean idle(long n);
}