bufferIndex += pad;
        bufferIndex += securityBufferLength;

        return bufferIndex - start;
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether the session is either anonymous or a guest session
     *
     * @return whether the session is either anonymous or a guest session
     */
    public boolean isLoggedInAsGuest() {

    return method.getName().startsWith("waitFor");
  }

  /** Determines whether the given method takes a Guard as its first parameter. */
  private static boolean isGuarded(Method method) {
    Class<?>[] parameterTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
    return parameterTypes.length >= 1 && parameterTypes[0] == Monitor.Guard.class;
  }

  /** Determines whether the given method is time-based. */

     *
     * @param credits the number of credits to set
     */
    void setRequestCredits(int credits);

    /**
     * Checks if this is a cancel request.
     *
     * @return whether this is a cancel request
     */
    boolean isCancel();

    /**
     * Gets the next request in the chain.
     *
     * @return chained request
     */
    Request getNext();

    /**

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 * and ignored. Otherwise, they will be re-thrown as {@link CrawlerSystemException}.
 * </p>
 *
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public abstract class AbstractIntervalController implements IntervalController {

    /**
     * Indicates whether exceptions during the delay process should be ignored.
     * If set to true, exceptions will be caught and ignored. If set to false,
     * exceptions will be re-thrown as {@link CrawlerSystemException}.

    @Resource
    protected HttpServletRequest request;

    /** Flag indicating whether search logging is enabled. */
    protected boolean searchLogSupport;

    /** Flag indicating whether favorite functionality is enabled. */
    protected boolean favoriteSupport;

    /** Flag indicating whether thumbnail generation is enabled. */
    protected boolean thumbnailSupport;

    /**