1 /**
2 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
3 * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
4 *
5 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
6 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
7 * the Eclipse Foundation
8 *
9 * or (per the licensee's choosing)
10 *
11 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
12 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
13 */
14 package ch.qos.logback.core.util;
15
16 /**
17 * A strategy for computing a delay.
18 *
19 * @author Carl Harris
20 * @since 1.1.0
21 */
22 public interface DelayStrategy {
23 /**
24 * The value computed by this {@code DelayStrategy} for the next delay.
25 *
26 * @return a delay value
27 */
28 long nextDelay();
29 }