Delayed (Java Platform SE 6) (original) (raw)
java.util.concurrent
Interface Delayed
All Superinterfaces:
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 | |
|---|---|
| long | getDelay(TimeUnit unit) Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit. |
| Methods inherited from 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
Submit a bug or feature
For further API reference and developer documentation, see Java SE Developer Documentation. That documentation contains more detailed, developer-targeted descriptions, with conceptual overviews, definitions of terms, workarounds, and working code examples.
Copyright © 1993, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Also see the documentation redistribution policy.
Scripting on this page tracks web page traffic, but does not change the content in any way.