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    017package org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent;
    018
    019/**
    020 * <p>
    021 * An interface describing a <a
    022 * href="http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CircuitBreaker.html">Circuit Breaker</a> component.
    023 * </p>
    024 * <p>
    025 * A <em>circuit breaker</em> can be used to protect an application against unreliable
    026 * services or unexpected load. It typically monitors a specific resource. As long as this
    027 * resource works as expected, it stays in state <em>closed</em>, meaning that the
    028 * resource can be used. If problems are encountered when using the resource, the circuit
    029 * breaker can switch into state <em>open</em>; then access to this resource is
    030 * prohibited. Depending on a concrete implementation, it is possible that the circuit
    031 * breaker switches back to state <em>closed</em> when the resource becomes available
    032 * again.
    033 * </p>
    034 * <p>
    035 * This interface defines a generic protocol of a circuit breaker component. It should be
    036 * sufficiently generic to be applied to multiple different use cases.
    037 * </p>
    038 *
    039 * @param <T> the type of the value monitored by this circuit breaker
    040 * @since 3.5
    041 */
    042public interface CircuitBreaker<T> {
    043    /**
    044     * Returns the current open state of this circuit breaker. A return value of
    045     * <strong>true</strong> means that the circuit breaker is currently open indicating a
    046     * problem in the monitored sub system.
    047     *
    048     * @return the current open state of this circuit breaker
    049     */
    050    boolean isOpen();
    051
    052    /**
    053     * Returns the current closed state of this circuit breaker. A return value of
    054     * <strong>true</strong> means that the circuit breaker is currently closed. This
    055     * means that everything is okay with the monitored sub system.
    056     *
    057     * @return the current closed state of this circuit breaker
    058     */
    059    boolean isClosed();
    060
    061    /**
    062     * Checks the state of this circuit breaker and changes it if necessary. The return
    063     * value indicates whether the circuit breaker is now in state {@code CLOSED}; a value
    064     * of <strong>true</strong> typically means that the current operation can continue.
    065     *
    066     * @return <strong>true</strong> if the circuit breaker is now closed;
    067     * <strong>false</strong> otherwise
    068     */
    069    boolean checkState();
    070
    071    /**
    072     * Closes this circuit breaker. Its state is changed to closed. If this circuit
    073     * breaker is already closed, this method has no effect.
    074     */
    075    void close();
    076
    077    /**
    078     * Opens this circuit breaker. Its state is changed to open. Depending on a concrete
    079     * implementation, it may close itself again if the monitored sub system becomes
    080     * available. If this circuit breaker is already open, this method has no effect.
    081     */
    082    void open();
    083
    084    /**
    085     * Increments the monitored value and performs a check of the current state of this
    086     * circuit breaker. This method works like {@link #checkState()}, but the monitored
    087     * value is incremented before the state check is performed.
    088     *
    089     * @param increment value to increment in the monitored value of the circuit breaker
    090     * @return <strong>true</strong> if the circuit breaker is now closed;
    091     * <strong>false</strong> otherwise
    092     */
    093    boolean incrementAndCheckState(T increment);
    094}