Retryable.java

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package org.springframework.retry.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Annotation for a method invocation that is retryable.
 *
 * @author Dave Syer
 * @author Artem Bilan
 * @author Gary Russell
 * @since 1.1
 *
 */
@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE })
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface Retryable {

	/**
	 * Retry interceptor bean name to be applied for retryable method. Is mutually
	 * exclusive with other attributes.
	 * @return the retry interceptor bean name
	 */
	String interceptor() default "";

	/**
	 * Exception types that are retryable. Synonym for includes(). Defaults to empty (and
	 * if excludes is also empty all exceptions are retried).
	 * @return exception types to retry
	 */
	Class<? extends Throwable>[] value() default {};

	/**
	 * Exception types that are retryable. Defaults to empty (and if excludes is also
	 * empty all exceptions are retried).
	 * @return exception types to retry
	 */
	Class<? extends Throwable>[] include() default {};

	/**
	 * Exception types that are not retryable. Defaults to empty (and if includes is also
	 * empty all exceptions are retried).
	 * @return exception types to retry
	 */
	Class<? extends Throwable>[] exclude() default {};

	/**
	 * A unique label for statistics reporting. If not provided the caller may choose to
	 * ignore it, or provide a default.
	 *
	 * @return the label for the statistics
	 */
	String label() default "";

	/**
	 * Flag to say that the retry is stateful: i.e. exceptions are re-thrown, but the
	 * retry policy is applied with the same policy to subsequent invocations with the
	 * same arguments. If false then retryable exceptions are not re-thrown.
	 * @return true if retry is stateful, default false
	 */
	boolean stateful() default false;

	/**
	 * @return the maximum number of attempts (including the first failure), defaults to 3
	 */
	int maxAttempts() default 3;

	/**
	 * @return an expression evaluated to the maximum number of attempts (including the first failure), defaults to 3
	 * Overrides {@link #maxAttempts()}.
	 * @since 1.2
	 */
	String maxAttemptsExpression() default "";

	/**
	 * Specify the backoff properties for retrying this operation. The default is no
	 * backoff, but it can be a good idea to pause between attempts (even at the cost of
	 * blocking a thread).
	 * @return a backoff specification
	 */
	Backoff backoff() default @Backoff();

	/**
	 * Specify an expression to be evaluated after the {@code SimpleRetryPolicy.canRetry()}
	 * returns true - can be used to conditionally suppress the retry. Only invoked after
	 * an exception is thrown. The root object for the evaluation is the last {@code Throwable}.
	 * Other beans in the context can be referenced.
	 * For example:
	 * <pre class=code>
	 *  {@code "message.contains('you can retry this')"}.
	 * </pre>
	 * and
	 * <pre class=code>
	 *  {@code "@someBean.shouldRetry(#root)"}.
	 * </pre>
	 * @return the expression.
	 * @since 1.2
	 */
	String exceptionExpression() default "";

}