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---
layout: pattern
title: Guarded Suspension
folder: guarded-suspension
permalink: /patterns/guarded-suspension/
categories: Concurrency
tags:
- Decoupling
---
## Intent
Use Guarded suspension pattern to handle a situation when you want to execute a method on object which is not in a proper state.
## Class diagram
![Guarded Suspension diagram](./etc/guarded-suspension.png)
## Applicability
Use Guarded Suspension pattern when the developer knows that the method execution will be blocked for a finite period of time
## Related patterns
* Balking