spam_bucket

spamBucket := {} // A key/value store. Can be anything, really
count := 10
period := 30
fun violate(count):
	start := currentTime() - period
	end := currentTime()

	// Clean up expired keys
	for k, v in spamBucket:
		if(v < start):
			spamBucket.remove(k)

	for i in 0 until count:
		spamBucket.add(currentTime()+"-"+i, currentTime())

	violations := 0

	// Check if there are any keys that are in the range of time we want to consider
	for k, v in spamBucket
		if(v > start && v < end):
			violations := violations + 1

	if(violations > count):
		throw ViolationException