NAME

Proc::BackOff::Exponential

SYNOPSIS

Usage:

use Proc::BackOff::Exponential;

my $obj = Proc::BackOff::Exponential->new( { base => 2 , exponent=> 'count' } );
# On N'th failure delay would be set to:
# 1st failure  :  2^1 = 2
# 2nd failure  :  2^2 = 4
# 3rd failure  :  2^3 = 8
# 4th failure  :  2^4 = 16

# or

my $obj = Proc::BackOff::Exponential->new( { base => 'count' , exponent=> 2 } );
# On N'th failure delay would be set to:
# 1st failure  :  1^2 = 1
# 2nd failure  :  2^2 = 4
# 3rd failure  :  3^2 = 9
# 4th failure  :  4^2 = 16

See Proc::BackOff for further documentation.

Overloaded Methods

new()

Check for variables being set

Required: base Required: exponent

calculate_back_off()

Returns the new back off value.

Changes

0.02   2007-08-12 -- Daniel Lo
       - Documentation fixes.  No code changes.

0.01   2007-04-17 -- Daniel Lo
       - Initial Version

AUTHOR

Daniel Lo <daniel_lo@picturetrail.com>

LICENSE

Copyright (C) PictureTrail Inc. 1999-2007 Santa Clara, California, United States of America.

This code is released to the public for public use under Perl's Artisitic licence.