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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Give an example of an operation that is idempotent and one that isn't.

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