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package com.google.ical.iter;
/**
* A generator that may stop generating values after some point, if e.g. it's
* output is never productive. This is used to stop rules like
* <blockquote>
* <code>RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=2;BYMONTHDAY=30</code>
* </blockquote>
* from hanging an iterator.
* <p>If a rule does prove productive though, it can be alerted to the fact by
* the {@link #workDone} method, so that any throttle can be reset.
* </p>
*
* @author mikesamuel+svn@gmail.com (Mike Samuel)
*/
abstract class ThrottledGenerator extends Generator {
/**
* called to reset any throttle after work is done. This must be called in
* the outermost loop of any iterator.
*/
abstract void workDone();
}