util/concurrent/Delayed.java

/*
 * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
 * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at
 * http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
 */

package java.util.concurrent;

/**
 * A mix-in style interface for marking objects that should be
 * acted upon after a given delay.
 *
 * <p>An implementation of this interface must define a
 * {@code compareTo} method that provides an ordering consistent with
 * its {@code getDelay} method.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @author Doug Lea
 */
public interface Delayed extends Comparable<Delayed> {

    /**
     * Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the
     * given time unit.
     *
     * @param unit the time unit
     * @return the remaining delay; zero or negative values indicate
     * that the delay has already elapsed
     */
    long getDelay(TimeUnit unit);
}
Revision:	1.2
Committed:	Wed Jan 16 01:39:37 2013 UTC (11 years, 4 months ago) by jsr166
Branch:	MAIN
CVS Tags:	HEAD
Changes since 1.1:	+2 -2 lines
Log Message:	<tt> -> {@code
#	Content
1	/*
2	* Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
3	* Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at
4	* http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
5	*/
6
7	package java.util.concurrent;
8
9	/**
10	* A mix-in style interface for marking objects that should be
11	* acted upon after a given delay.
12	*
13	* <p>An implementation of this interface must define a
14	* {@code compareTo} method that provides an ordering consistent with
15	* its {@code getDelay} method.
16	*
17	* @since 1.5
18	* @author Doug Lea
19	*/
20	public interface Delayed extends Comparable<Delayed> {
21
22	/**
23	* Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the
24	* given time unit.
25	*
26	* @param unit the time unit
27	* @return the remaining delay; zero or negative values indicate
28	* that the delay has already elapsed
29	*/
30	long getDelay(TimeUnit unit);
31	}