2 * Rhynodge - State.java - Copyright © 2013 David Roden
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18 package net.pterodactylus.rhynodge;
21 * Defines the current state of a system.
23 * @author <a href="mailto:bombe@pterodactylus.net">David ‘Bombe’ Roden</a>
25 public interface State {
28 * Returns the time when this state was retrieved.
30 * @return The time when this state was retrieved (in millseconds since Jan
36 * Whether the state was successfully retrieved. This method should only
37 * return {@code true} if a meaningful result could be retrieved; if e. g. a
38 * service is currently not reachable, this method should return false
39 * instead of emulating success by using empty lists or similar constructs.
41 * @return {@code true} if the state could be retrieved successfully,
42 * {@code false} otherwise
49 * Returns the number of consecutive failures. This method only returns a
50 * meaningful number iff {@link #success()} returns {@code false}. If
51 * {@link #success()} returns {@code false} for the first time after
52 * returning {@code true} and this method is called after {@link #success()}
53 * it will return {@code 1}.
55 * @return The number of consecutive failures
60 * Sets the fail count of this state.
63 * The fail count of this state
65 void setFailCount(int failCount);
68 * If {@link #success()} returns {@code false}, this method may return a
69 * {@link Throwable} to give some details for the reason why retrieving the
70 * state was not possible. For example, network-based {@link Query}s might
71 * return any exception that were encountered while communicating with the
74 * @return An exception that occured, may be {@code null} in case an
75 * exception can not be meaningfully returned
77 Throwable exception();