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How would you explain a Circuit Breaker in microservices in an interview?
Track: Java
Topic: Distributed Resilience
Focus: Circuit Breakers
Java: Circuit Breakers
Answer
A Circuit Breaker is a design pattern used to detect failures and prevent cascading failures by stopping the flow of requests.
Circuit Breakers act like electrical circuit breakers, stopping the flow of requests to a service when failure is detected. For instance, if an e-commerce service's payment gateway is down, the Circuit Breaker can 'trip' to stop further requests, allowing the system to avoid wasting resources on failed operations.
Circuit Breakers act like electrical circuit breakers, stopping the flow of requests to a service when failure is detected. For instance, if an e-commerce service's payment gateway is down, the Circuit Breaker can 'trip' to stop further requests, allowing the system to avoid wasting resources on failed operations.
Topics: Circuit Breakers Distributed Resilience Java