org.terracotta.async
Interface StealPolicy<I>

Type Parameters:

I - item type

All Known Implementing Classes:

FallBehindStealPolicy, NeverStealPolicy

public interface StealPolicy<I>

Allows programmatic control of the conditions under which buckets may steal from other buckets.

Method Summary

boolean

shouldSteal(ProcessingBucket<I> victim, ProcessingBucket<I> thief) Returns true if the thief bucket can steal work items from the victim bucket.

Method Detail

shouldSteal

boolean shouldSteal(ProcessingBucket<I> victim,
                    ProcessingBucket<I> thief)

Returns true if the thief bucket can steal work items from the victim bucket.

Parameters:

victim - bucket being stolen from

thief - bucket doing the stealing

Returns:

true if stealing is permitted