RetryHandler (Apache Ant API)
Date: 2015-07-03

org.apache.tools.ant.util

## Class RetryHandler

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.tools.ant.util.RetryHandler

-     public class RetryHandler
      extends java.lang.Object

  A simple utility class to take a piece of code (that implements `Retryable` interface) and executes that with possibility to retry the execution in case of IOException.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `RetryHandler(int retriesAllowed, Task task)` Create a new RetryingHandler.

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `execute(Retryable exe, java.lang.String desc)` Execute the `Retryable` code with specified number of retries.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### RetryHandler

          public RetryHandler(int retriesAllowed,
                      Task task)

      Create a new RetryingHandler.
      Parameters:
        `retriesAllowed` - how many times to retry
        `task` - the Ant task that is is executed from, used for logging only

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### execute

          public void execute(Retryable exe,
                     java.lang.String desc)
                       throws java.io.IOException

      Execute the `Retryable` code with specified number of retries.
      Parameters:
        `exe` - the code to execute
        `desc` - some descriptive text for this piece of code, used for logging
      Throws:
        `java.io.IOException` - if the number of retries has exceeded the allowed limit