001/**
002 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
003 * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
004 *
005 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
006 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
007 * the Eclipse Foundation
008 *
009 *   or (per the licensee's choosing)
010 *
011 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
012 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
013 */
014package ch.qos.logback.core.util;
015
016/**
017 * A strategy for computing a delay.
018 *
019 * @author Carl Harris
020 * @since 1.1.0
021 */
022public interface DelayStrategy {
023    /**
024     * The value computed by this {@code DelayStrategy} for the next delay.
025     * 
026     * @return a delay value
027     */
028    long nextDelay();
029}