org.apache.commons.httpclient
Interface HttpMethodRetryHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler

public interface HttpMethodRetryHandler

A handler for determining if an HttpMethod should be retried after a recoverable exception during execution.

Classes implementing this interface must synchronize access to shared data as methods of this interfrace may be executed from multiple threads

Author:
Michael Becke, Oleg Kalnichevski
See Also:
HttpMethod.execute(HttpState, HttpConnection)

Method Summary
 boolean retryMethod(HttpMethod method, IOException exception, int executionCount)
          Determines if a method should be retried after an HttpRecoverableException occurs during execution.
 

Method Detail

retryMethod

boolean retryMethod(HttpMethod method,
                    IOException exception,
                    int executionCount)
Determines if a method should be retried after an HttpRecoverableException occurs during execution.

Parameters:
method - the method being executed
exception - the exception that occurred
executionCount - the number of times this method has been unsuccessfully executed
Returns:
true if the method should be retried, false otherwise


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