RetentionPolicy (IG Aggregated Javadoc 2023.11.0 Documentation)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DiskSpaceUsedRetentionPolicy, FreeDiskSpaceRetentionPolicy, SizeBasedRetentionPolicy
```
public interface RetentionPolicy
```
Defines the retention conditions and the files that need to be deleted.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<File>`	`deleteFiles(boolean hasRotated, FileNamingPolicy fileNamingPolicy)`	Returns all files that should be deleted according to the policy.

- Method Detail
  - deleteFiles
```
List<File> deleteFiles(boolean hasRotated,
                       FileNamingPolicy fileNamingPolicy)
```
    Returns all files that should be deleted according to the policy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    hasRotated - true if one of the rotation policies rotated the file at last call.
    
    fileNamingPolicy - The naming policy used generate the log file names.
    
    Returns:
    
    Not-null, An array of files that should be deleted according to the policy.