timeoutbased
Timeoutbased refers to a design and operational approach in which timeouts are the primary mechanism for controlling the flow and termination of operations. In software engineering, timeoutbased strategies are applied to network calls, inter-process communication, task queues, and database access to bound latency and prevent indefinite blocking.
Key characteristics include a defined maximum duration for an operation, after which the operation is aborted
Common patterns and considerations include choosing appropriate values to balance responsiveness with success probability, combining timeouts
Practical examples span multiple ecosystems. In Java, one may use a Future with a timeout; in JavaScript,