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package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.retry;
import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
/**
* An optimization for stateful retry of message processing. If a message is known to be "new", i.e. never consumed
* before by this or any other client, then there are potential optimizations for managing the state associated with
* tracking the processing of a message (e.g. there is no need to check a cache for a hit).
*
* @author Dave Syer
* @author Gary Russell
*
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface NewMessageIdentifier {
/**
* Query a message to see if it has been seen before. Usually it is only possible to know if it has definitely not
* been seen before (e.g. through the redelivered flag, which would be used by default). Clients can customize the
* retry behaviour for failed messages by implementing this method.
*
* @param message the message to test
* @return true if the message is known to not have been consumed before
*/
boolean isNew(Message message);
}