RateLimiter.java

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package org.apache.zookeeper.server.util;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
import org.apache.zookeeper.common.Time;

/**
 * A class that provides simple interval-based rate limiting implementation.
 */
public class RateLimiter {
    private final int rate;
    private final long intervalInMs;
    private long lastTimeReset;
    private final AtomicInteger remained;

    public RateLimiter(final int rate, final long interval, final TimeUnit unit) {
        this.rate = rate;
        this.intervalInMs = unit.toMillis(interval);
        this.lastTimeReset = Time.currentElapsedTime();
        this.remained = new AtomicInteger(rate);
    }

    public boolean allow() {
        final long now = Time.currentElapsedTime();

        // reset the rate if interval passed
        if (now > lastTimeReset + intervalInMs) {
            remained.set(rate);
            lastTimeReset = now;
        }

        int value = remained.get();
        boolean allowed = false;

        // to handle race condition
        while (!allowed && value > 0) {
            allowed = remained.compareAndSet(value, value - 1);
            value = remained.get();
        }
        return allowed;
    }
}