Interface Delayed
- All Superinterfaces:
Comparable<Delayed>
- All Known Subinterfaces:
-
RunnableScheduledFuture<V>
,ScheduledFuture<V>
public interface Delayed extends Comparable<Delayed>
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.
- Since:
- 1.5
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
long | getDelay(TimeUnit unit) | Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit. |
Methods declared in interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo
Method Detail
getDelay
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