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package org.apache.http.client;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;

/**
 * A handler for determining if an HttpRequest should be retried after a 
 * recoverable exception during execution.
 * 
 * <p>
 * Classes implementing this interface must synchronize access to shared
 * data as methods of this interfrace may be executed from multiple threads 
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Michael Becke
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 */
public interface HttpRequestRetryHandler {

    /**
     * Determines if a method should be retried after an IOException
     * occurs during execution.
     * 
     * @param exception the exception that occurred
     * @param executionCount the number of times this method has been 
     * unsuccessfully executed
     * @param context the context for the request execution
     * 
     * @return <code>true</code> if the method should be retried, <code>false</code>
     * otherwise
     */
    boolean retryRequest(IOException exception, int executionCount, HttpContext context);

}