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  package org.apache.ivy.core.settings;
  
  /**
   * Represents the timeouts that are applicable while dealing with resources.
   * <p>
   * An example of its usage is
   * {@link org.apache.ivy.plugins.resolver.DependencyResolver dependency resolvers}
   * when they are resolving module descriptor and/or are downloading the artifacts.
   */
  public interface TimeoutConstraint {
  
      /**
       * @return Returns the timeout, in milliseconds, that's to be used while establishing a
       * connection to a resource. A value greater than zero indicates the specific timeout to be
       * used. A value of 0 indicates no timeout and essentially translates to wait-forever
       * semantics. A value lesser than 0 lets the users of this {@link TimeoutConstraint}
       * decide what kind of timeout semantics to use while establishing a connection (for example,
       * some implementations can decide to use some default value).
       */
      int getConnectionTimeout();
  
      /**
       * @return Returns the timeout, in milliseconds, that's to be used while reading content from
       * a resource. A value greater than zero indicates the specific timeout to be used. A value of
       * 0 indicates no timeout and essentially translates to wait-forever semantics. A value lesser
       * than 0 lets the users of this {@link TimeoutConstraint} decide what kind of timeout
       * semantics to use reading from the resource (for example, some implementations can decide to
       * use some default value).
       */
      int getReadTimeout();
  
  }
  