cic-contracts/solidity/Throttle.sol

pragma solidity >=0.6.12;

// Author:	Louis Holbrook <dev@holbrook.no> 0826EDA1702D1E87C6E2875121D2E7BB88C2A746
// SPDX-License-Identifier:	AGPL-3.0-or-later
// File-version: 1

interface IThrottle {
	// Returns true if the given address is authorized to make use of the resource at the current moment.
	// Implements ACL
	function have(address _address) external view returns(bool);

	// Returns the timestamp when the resource may next be used by the given address.
	// A return value of 0 or a timestamp before the current timestamp indicates that the resource may used momentarily.
	// A return value of max uint265 can be used to indicate that the resource may never be used again by the address.
	function next(address _address) external returns(bool);

	// Must be called when the resource is being used.
	function poke(address _address) external returns(bool);
}