Package org.shakespeareframework

Interface RetryableQuestion<A>

All Superinterfaces:

Question<A>, Retryable

public interface RetryableQuestion<A>
extends Question<A>, Retryable

A Question that will be retried until it yields an answer deemed acceptable(A) or the timeout is reached. Exceptions thrown will be ignored if they match the isIgnoredException predicate.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.shakespeareframework.Retryable

DEFAULT_TIMEOUT

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default boolean	acceptable(A answer)	This determines if a given answer is acceptable.
default Set<Class<? extends Exception>>	getIgnoredExceptions()
default boolean	isIgnoredException(Exception exception)

Methods inherited from interface org.shakespeareframework.Question

answerAs

Methods inherited from interface org.shakespeareframework.Retryable

getInterval, getTimeout

Method Details

getIgnoredExceptions

default Set<Class<? extends Exception>> getIgnoredExceptions()

Returns:

the Set of Exception classes that will be ignored when thrown in a retry

isIgnoredException

default boolean isIgnoredException(Exception exception)

Parameters:

exception - the Exception that made the retry necessary

Returns:

the predicate that decides weather the exception will be ignored when thrown in a retry

acceptable

default boolean acceptable(A answer)

This determines if a given answer is acceptable. In that case the retrying will be stopped and the answer is returned.

By default this will accept

• a Optional.isPresent(),
• a !Collection.isEmpty(),
• a !Map.isEmpty(),
• an array with length > 0, and
• a Boolean.TRUE.

Parameters:

answer - an answer

Returns:

true if the given answer is acceptable