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+// -*- mode:C++; tab-width:8; c-basic-offset:2; indent-tabs-mode:t -*-
+// vim: ts=8 sw=2 smarttab
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+class ThrottleInterface {
+public:
+ virtual ~ThrottleInterface() {}
+ /**
+ * take the specified number of slots from the stock regardless the throttling
+ * @param c number of slots to take
+ * @returns the total number of taken slots
+ */
+ virtual int64_t take(int64_t c = 1) = 0;
+ /**
+ * put slots back to the stock
+ * @param c number of slots to return
+ * @returns number of requests being hold after this
+ */
+ virtual int64_t put(int64_t c = 1) = 0;
+};