layout, title, folder, permalink, categories, tags
| layout | title | folder | permalink | categories | tags | ||
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| pattern | Throttling | throttling | /patterns/throttling/ | Behavioral |
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Intent
Ensure that a given client is not able to access service resources more than the assigned limit.
Class diagram
Applicability
The Throttling pattern should be used:
- when a service access needs to be restricted to not have high impacts on the performance of the service.
- when multiple clients are consuming the same service resources and restriction has to be made according to the usage per client.