edu.emory.mathcs.backport.java.util.concurrent

Interface Delayed

public interface Delayed extends Comparable

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

Author: Doug Lea

Method Summary
longgetDelay(TimeUnit unit)
Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.

Method Detail

getDelay

public 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