Delayed (Java Platform SE 7 ) (original) (raw)

• All Superinterfaces:
  Comparable<Delayed>
  All Known Subinterfaces:
  RunnableScheduledFuture, ScheduledFuture

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 acompareTo method that provides an ordering consistent with its getDelay method.
Since:
1.5

• • Method Summary

  Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  long	getDelay(TimeUnit unit) Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.

     * ### Methods inherited from interface java.lang.[Comparable](../../../java/lang/Comparable.html "interface in java.lang")  
     `[compareTo](../../../java/lang/Comparable.html#compareTo%28T%29)`

• • Method Detail

     * #### getDelay  
     long getDelay([TimeUnit](../../../java/util/concurrent/TimeUnit.html "enum in java.util.concurrent") 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

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