java.util.concurrent
Interface Delayed

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ScheduledCancellable, ScheduledFuture

public interface Delayed

extends java.lang.Comparable

A mix-in style interface for representing actions, events, etc that should be executed, accessed or acted upon only 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

Author:

Doug Lea

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getDelay

public long getDelay(TimeUnit unit)

Get the delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.

Parameters:

unit - the time unit

Returns:

the delay; zero or negative values indicate that the delay has already elapsed