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Interface TimeSystem

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTimeSystem, AtomicTime, NTPClient, NTPTime, TimeProtocolClient

public interface TimeSystem

TimeSystem allows to use a time measurement that is independent from the system time.

Author:

Holger Antelmann

Field Summary

static TimeSystem

SYSTEM_TIME provides a TimeSystem implementation based on the system time.

Method Summary

long	currentTimeMillis() returns the current time in milliseconds as measured by the underlying time system which may be different from the system time.

Field Detail

SYSTEM_TIME

static final TimeSystem SYSTEM_TIME

provides a TimeSystem implementation based on the system time.

See Also:

System.currentTimeMillis()

Method Detail

currentTimeMillis

long currentTimeMillis()

returns the current time in milliseconds as measured by the underlying time system which may be different from the system time.

Returns:

the difference, measured in milliseconds, between the current time and midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.