/**
* Copyright (C) 2014-2016 LinkedIn Corp. (pinot-core@linkedin.com)
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package com.linkedin.pinot.common.utils.retry;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
/**
* Retry policy, encapsulating the logic needed to retry an operation until it succeeds.
*/
public interface RetryPolicy {
/**
* Attempts to do the operation until it succeeds, aborting if an exception is thrown by the operation.
*
* @param operation The operation to attempt, which returns true on success and false on failure.
* @return true if the operation succeeded or false if the operation did not succeed within the retries specified by
* this retry policy
*/
boolean attempt(Callable<Boolean> operation);
}