advancedIdempotency in Distributed Systems
Give an example of an operation that is idempotent and one that isn't.
setStatus(SHIPPED) is idempotent — calling it repeatedly always leaves the status as SHIPPED. incrementStock(-1) is NOT — calling it twice decrements stock twice, producing a different end result than calling it once.
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