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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
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