Interface Clock

All Known Implementing Classes:
SystemClock

public interface Clock
Since:
4.3
Author:
Scott Fines
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    long
     
    long
     
    long
    sleep(long time, TimeUnit unit)
    Put the current thread to sleep for the time specified.
  • Method Details

    • currentTimeMillis

      long currentTimeMillis()
    • currentTimeNanos

      long currentTimeNanos()
    • sleep

      long sleep(long time, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException
      Put the current thread to sleep for the time specified. Note that this may return before the time specified has expired (i.e. the thread may wake spuriously). This is why we return how much time is remaining, in the units specified.
      Parameters:
      time - the amount of time to sleep for.
      unit - the unit time is measured in.
      Returns:
      the amount of time left in the wait period (i.e. time-timeSlept).
      Throws:
      InterruptedException - if the thread is interrupted during sleep.