New BackOff interface and ExponentialBackOff implementation

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External references, such as a standards document, or specification?

http://javadoc.google-http-java-client.googlecode.com/hg/1.13.1-beta/com/google/
api/client/http/BackOffPolicy.html

http://javadoc.google-http-java-client.googlecode.com/hg/1.13.1-beta/com/google/
api/client/http/ExponentialBackOffPolicy.html

Java environments (e.g. Java 6, Android 2.3, App Engine, or All)?

All

Please describe the feature requested.

The current BackOffPolicy and ExponentialBackOffPolicy are too closely coupled 
with HttpRequest and thus are not friendly to use outside of that context.  
Therefore, we are extracting a BackOff interface and ExponentialBackOff 
implementation in the util package that is not specific to HTTP request, and 
they will be used from the implementation of ExponentialBackOffPolicy.  We will 
also add a FixedBackOff implementation.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by yan...@google.com on 12 Mar 2013 at 6:29

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Original comment by yan...@google.com on 13 Mar 2013 at 3:59

• Changed title: New BackOff interface and ExponentialBackOff implementation
• Changed state: Started

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Original comment by yan...@google.com on 13 Mar 2013 at 7:32

• Changed state: Fixed