edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent

Interface Delayed

All Superinterfaces:
Comparable
Known Subinterfaces:
RunnableScheduledFuture, ScheduledFuture

public interface Delayed
extends Comparable

A mix-in style interface for marking objects that should be acted upon after a given delay.

An implementation of this interface must define a compareTo method that provides an ordering consistent with its getDelay method.

Author:
Doug Lea
Since:
1.5

Method Summary

long
getDelay(TimeUnit unit)
Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.

Method Details

getDelay

public long getDelay(TimeUnit unit)
Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.
Parameters:
unit - the time unit
Returns:
the remaining delay; zero or negative values indicate that the delay has already elapsed