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 * Lehrstuhl fuer Prozessleittechnik (PLT), RWTH Aachen
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package org.acplt.oncrpc;

/**
 * A collection of constants used to identify the retransmission schemes
 * when using {@link OncRpcUdpClient UDP/IP-based ONC/RPC clients}.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2003/08/13 12:03:43 $ $State: Exp $ $Locker:  $
 * @author Harald Albrecht
 */
public interface OncRpcUdpRetransmissionMode {

    /**
     * In exponentional back-off retransmission mode, UDP/IP-based ONC/RPC
     * clients first wait a given retransmission timeout period before
     * sending the ONC/RPC call again. The retransmission timeout then is
     * doubled on each try.
     */
    public static final int EXPONENTIAL = 0;

    /**
     * In fixed retransmission mode, UDP/IP-based ONC/RPC clients wait a
     * given retransmission timeout period before send the ONC/RPC call again.
     * The retransmission timeout is not changed between consecutive tries
     * but is fixed instead.
     */
    public static final int FIXED = 1;

}
// End of OncRpcUdpRetransmissionMode.java

