Gets the number of milliseconds to wait before retrying the operation or #STOP to
indicate that no retries should be made.
Example usage:
long backOffMillis = backoff.nextBackOffMillis();
if (backOffMillis == Backoff.STOP) {
// do not retry operation
} else {
// sleep for backOffMillis milliseconds and retry operation
}
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Interface BackOff (2.0.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.0.0 (latest)](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/latest/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff)\n- [1.47.1](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.47.1/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff)\n- [1.46.3](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.46.3/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff)\n- [1.45.3](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.45.3/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff)\n- [1.44.2](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.44.2/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff)\n- [1.43.2](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.43.2/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff)\n- [1.42.3](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.42.3/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff)\n- [1.41.8](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.41.8/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff) \n\n public interface BackOff\n\nBack-off policy when retrying an operation.\n\nStatic Fields\n-------------\n\n### STOP\n\n public static final long STOP\n\nIndicates that no more retries should be made for use in [#nextBackOffMillis()](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/latest/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff#com_google_api_client_util_BackOff_nextBackOffMillis__).\n\n### STOP_BACKOFF\n\n public static final BackOff STOP_BACKOFF\n\nFixed back-off policy that always returns `#STOP` for [#nextBackOffMillis()](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/latest/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff#com_google_api_client_util_BackOff_nextBackOffMillis__),\nmeaning that the operation should not be retried.\n\n### ZERO_BACKOFF\n\n public static final BackOff ZERO_BACKOFF\n\nFixed back-off policy whose back-off time is always zero, meaning that the operation is retried\nimmediately without waiting.\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### nextBackOffMillis()\n\n public abstract long nextBackOffMillis()\n\nGets the number of milliseconds to wait before retrying the operation or [#STOP](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/latest/com.google.api.client.util.BackOff#com_google_api_client_util_BackOff_STOP) to\nindicate that no retries should be made.\n\nExample usage:\n\nlong backOffMillis = backoff.nextBackOffMillis();\nif (backOffMillis == Backoff.STOP) {\n// do not retry operation\n} else {\n// sleep for backOffMillis milliseconds and retry operation\n}\n\n### reset()\n\n public abstract void reset()\n\nReset to initial state."]]
