Interface Ticker
- All Known Implementing Classes:
DisabledTicker
,SystemTicker
@ThreadSafe
public interface Ticker
A time source that returns a time value representing the number of nanoseconds elapsed since some
fixed but arbitrary point in time.
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionstatic Ticker
Returns a ticker that always returns0
.long
read()
Returns the number of nanoseconds elapsed since this ticker's fixed point of reference.static Ticker
Returns a ticker that reads the current time usingSystem.nanoTime()
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Method Details
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read
long read()Returns the number of nanoseconds elapsed since this ticker's fixed point of reference.- Returns:
- the number of nanoseconds elapsed since this ticker's fixed point of reference
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systemTicker
Returns a ticker that reads the current time usingSystem.nanoTime()
.- Returns:
- a ticker that reads the current time using
System.nanoTime()
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disabledTicker
Returns a ticker that always returns0
.- Returns:
- a ticker that always returns
0
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