Upon reviewer's request:

(FIX) Deleted .puml file (no longer required or used)
(FIX) Removed @since annotations (they add noise)

retry/etc/retry.urm.puml

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-@startuml
-package com.iluwatar.retry {
-  class App {
-    - LOG : Logger {static}
-    - op : BusinessOperation<String> {static}
-    + App()
-    - errorNoRetry() {static}
-    - errorWithRetry() {static}
-    + main(args : String[]) {static}
-    - noErrors() {static}
-  }
-  interface BusinessOperation<T> {
-    + perform() : T {abstract}
-  }
-  class FindCustomer {
-    - customerId : String
-    - errors : Deque<BusinessException>
-    + FindCustomer(customerId : String, errors : BusinessException[])
-    + perform() : String
-  }
-  class Retry<T> {
-    - attempts : AtomicInteger
-    - delay : long
-    - errors : List<Exception>
-    - maxAttempts : int
-    - op : BusinessOperation<T>
-    - test : Predicate<Exception>
-    + Retry<T>(op : BusinessOperation<T>, maxAttempts : int, delay : long, ignoreTests : Predicate<Exception>[])
-    + attempts() : int
-    + errors() : List<Exception>
-    + perform() : T
-  }
-}
-Retry -->  "-op" BusinessOperation
-App -->  "-op" BusinessOperation
-FindCustomer ..|> BusinessOperation 
-Retry ..|> BusinessOperation 
-@enduml

retry/licenseheader.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+====
+    The MIT License
+    Copyright (c) 2014 Ilkka Seppälä
+
+    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+    in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+    to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+    copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+    all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+    AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+    THE SOFTWARE.
+====
+
+<#if licenseFirst??>
+${licenseFirst}
+</#if>
+${licensePrefix}The MIT License (MIT)
+${licensePrefix}
+${licensePrefix}Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Ilkka Seppälä
+${licensePrefix}
+${licensePrefix}Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+${licensePrefix}of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+${licensePrefix}in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+${licensePrefix}to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+${licensePrefix}copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+${licensePrefix}furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+${licensePrefix}
+${licensePrefix}The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+${licensePrefix}copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+${licensePrefix}
+${licensePrefix}THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+${licensePrefix}IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+${licensePrefix}FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+${licensePrefix}AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+${licensePrefix}LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+${licensePrefix}OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+${licensePrefix}SOFTWARE.
+<#if licenseLast??>
+${licenseLast}
+</#if>

retry/nb-configuration.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project-shared-configuration>
+    <!--
+This file contains additional configuration written by modules in the NetBeans IDE.
+The configuration is intended to be shared among all the users of project and
+therefore it is assumed to be part of version control checkout.
+Without this configuration present, some functionality in the IDE may be limited or fail altogether.
+-->
+    <properties xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/maven-properties-data/1">
+        <!--
+Properties that influence various parts of the IDE, especially code formatting and the like. 
+You can copy and paste the single properties, into the pom.xml file and the IDE will pick them up.
+That way multiple projects can share the same settings (useful for formatting rules for example).
+Any value defined here will override the pom.xml file value but is only applicable to the current project.
+-->
+        <netbeans.hint.licensePath>${project.basedir}/licenseheader.txt</netbeans.hint.licensePath>
+    </properties>
+</project-shared-configuration>

retry/nbproject/project.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+# The MIT License
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Ilkka Seppälä
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+

retry/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/retry/App.java

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  * 
  * @author George Aristy (george.aristy@gmail.com)
  * @see <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/retry">Retry pattern (Microsoft Azure Docs)</a>
- * @since 1.18.0
  */
 public final class App {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(App.class);
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ public final class App {
    * 
    * @param args not used
    * @throws Exception not expected
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     noErrors();

retry/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/retry/BusinessException.java

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ package com.iluwatar.retry;
  * be able to handle this error and should be reported to the maintainers immediately.
  *
  * @author George Aristy (george.aristy@gmail.com)
- * @since 1.18.0
  */
 public class BusinessException extends Exception {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 6235833142062144336L;
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ public class BusinessException extends Exception {
    * Ctor
    * 
    * @param message the error message
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   public BusinessException(String message) {
     super(message);

retry/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/retry/BusinessOperation.java

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ package com.iluwatar.retry;
  *
  * @author George Aristy (george.aristy@gmail.com)
  * @param <T> the return type
- * @since 1.18.0
  */
 @FunctionalInterface
 public interface BusinessOperation<T> {
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ public interface BusinessOperation<T> {
    * @return the return value
    * @throws BusinessException if the operation fails. Implementations are allowed to throw more
    *     specific subtypes depending on the error conditions
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   T perform() throws BusinessException;
 }

retry/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/retry/CustomerNotFoundException.java

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ package com.iluwatar.retry;
  * by an input from some end user, or were the search parameters pulled from your database?
  *
  * @author George Aristy (george.aristy@gmail.com)
- * @since 1.18.0
  */
 public final class CustomerNotFoundException extends BusinessException {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = -6972888602621778664L;
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ public final class CustomerNotFoundException extends BusinessException {
    * Ctor.
    * 
    * @param message the error message
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   public CustomerNotFoundException(String message) {
     super(message);

retry/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/retry/DatabaseNotAvailableException.java

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ package com.iluwatar.retry;
  * Catastrophic error indicating that we have lost connection to our database.
  *
  * @author George Aristy (george.aristy@gmail.com)
- * @since 1.18.0
  */
 public final class DatabaseNotAvailableException extends BusinessException {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = -3750769625095997799L;
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ public final class DatabaseNotAvailableException extends BusinessException {
    * Ctor.
    * 
    * @param message the error message
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   public DatabaseNotAvailableException(String message) {
     super(message);

retry/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/retry/FindCustomer.java

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import java.util.Deque;
  * purposes of this example it fails in a programmed way depending on the constructor parameters.
  *
  * @author George Aristy (george.aristy@gmail.com)
- * @since 1.18.0
  */
 public final class FindCustomer implements BusinessOperation<String> {
   private final String customerId;
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ public final class FindCustomer implements BusinessOperation<String> {
    * 
    * @param customerId the final result of the remote operation
    * @param errors the errors to throw before returning {@code customerId}
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   public FindCustomer(String customerId, BusinessException... errors) {
     this.customerId = customerId;

retry/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/retry/Retry.java

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import java.util.function.Predicate;
  *
  * @author George Aristy (george.aristy@gmail.com)
  * @param <T> the remote op's return type
- * @since 1.18.0
  */
 public final class Retry<T> implements BusinessOperation<T> {
   private final BusinessOperation<T> op;
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ public final class Retry<T> implements BusinessOperation<T> {
    * @param delay delay (in milliseconds) between attempts
    * @param ignoreTests tests to check whether the remote exception can be ignored. No exceptions
    *     will be ignored if no tests are given
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   @SafeVarargs
   public Retry(
@@ -75,7 +73,6 @@ public final class Retry<T> implements BusinessOperation<T> {
    * The errors encountered while retrying, in the encounter order.
    * 
    * @return the errors encountered while retrying
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   public List<Exception> errors() {
     return Collections.unmodifiableList(this.errors);
@@ -85,7 +82,6 @@ public final class Retry<T> implements BusinessOperation<T> {
    * The number of retries performed.
    * 
    * @return the number of retries performed
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   public int attempts() {
     return this.attempts.intValue();

retry/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/retry/FindCustomerTest.java

@@ -32,13 +32,10 @@ import org.junit.Test;
  * Unit tests for {@link FindCustomer}.
  *
  * @author George Aristy (george.aristy@gmail.com)
- * @since 1.18.0
  */
 public class FindCustomerTest {
   /**
    * Returns the given result with no exceptions.
-   * 
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   @Test
   public void noExceptions() throws Exception {
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@ public class FindCustomerTest {
    * Throws the given exception.
    * 
    * @throws Exception the expected exception
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   @Test(expected = BusinessException.class)
   public void oneException() throws Exception {
@@ -63,7 +59,6 @@ public class FindCustomerTest {
    * Should first throw the given exceptions, then return the given result.
    * 
    * @throws Exception not an expected exception
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   @Test
   public void resultAfterExceptions() throws Exception {

retry/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/retry/RetryTest.java

@@ -33,13 +33,10 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
  * Unit tests for {@link Retry}.
  *
  * @author George Aristy (george.aristy@gmail.com)
- * @since 1.18.0
  */
 public class RetryTest {
   /**
    * Should contain all errors thrown.
-   * 
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   @Test
   public void errors() throws Exception {
@@ -64,8 +61,6 @@ public class RetryTest {
   /**
    * No exceptions will be ignored, hence final number of attempts should be 1 even if we're asking
    * it to attempt twice.
-   * 
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   @Test
   public void attempts() {
@@ -90,8 +85,6 @@ public class RetryTest {
   /**
    * Final number of attempts should be equal to the number of attempts asked because we are 
    * asking it to ignore the exception that will be thrown.
-   * 
-   * @since 1.18.0
    */
   @Test
   public void ignore() throws Exception {