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/* |
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* Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 |
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* Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at |
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* http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
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*/ |
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package java.util.concurrent; |
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/** |
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* A mix-in style interface for marking objects that should be |
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* acted upon after a given delay. |
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* |
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* <p>An implementation of this interface must define a |
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* {@code compareTo} method that provides an ordering consistent with |
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* its {@code getDelay} method. |
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* |
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* @since 1.5 |
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* @author Doug Lea |
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*/ |
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public interface Delayed extends Comparable<Delayed> { |
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/** |
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* Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the |
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* given time unit. |
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* |
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* @param unit the time unit |
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* @return the remaining delay; zero or negative values indicate |
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* that the delay has already elapsed |
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*/ |
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long getDelay(TimeUnit unit); |
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} |