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+// Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.gerrit.server.cancellation;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
+
+/** Interface that provides information about the state of the current request. */
+public interface RequestStateProvider {
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the current request is cancelled.
+   *
+   * <p>Invoked by Gerrit to check whether the current request is cancelled and should be aborted.
+   *
+   * <p>If the current request is cancelled {@link OnCancelled#onCancel(Reason, String)} is invoked
+   * on the provided callback.
+   *
+   * @param onCancelled callback that should be invoked if the request is cancelled
+   */
+  void checkIfCancelled(OnCancelled onCancelled);
+
+  /** Callback interface to be invoked if a request is cancelled. */
+  interface OnCancelled {
+    /**
+     * Callback that is invoked if the request is cancelled.
+     *
+     * @param reason the reason for the cancellation of the request
+     * @param message an optional message providing details about the cancellation
+     */
+    void onCancel(Reason reason, @Nullable String message);
+  }
+
+  /** Reason why a request is cancelled. */
+  enum Reason {
+    /** The client got disconnected or has cancelled the request. */
+    CLIENT_CLOSED_REQUEST,
+
+    /** The deadline that the client provided for the request exceeded. */
+    CLIENT_PROVIDED_DEADLINE_EXCEEDED,
+
+    /**
+     * A server-side deadline for the request exceeded.
+     *
+     * <p>Server-side deadlines are usually configurable, but may also be hard-coded.
+     */
+    SERVER_DEADLINE_EXCEEDED;
+  }
+}