Code reviewHardcr-g498

Subject Timeout handlingLevel Senior–Staff~20 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development, Technology

Question

Review this Java client. `paymentClient` internally retries 3 times with 1s backoff (up to ~4s) before giving up.

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Code to reviewjava

1Future<ChargeResult> f = executor.submit(() -> paymentClient.charge(req));2try {3    return f.get(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);4} catch (TimeoutException e) {5    f.cancel(true);6    return retryCharge(req); // our own retry: submit again, get(1s) again7}

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