net.openhft.chronicle.core.time

Interface TimeProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

PosixTimeProvider, SetTimeProvider, SystemTimeProvider, UniqueMicroTimeProvider

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface TimeProvider

Provides a nanosecond resolution wall-clock timestamp.

There are a number of implementations. The simplest and fastest are PosixTimeProvider and SystemTimeProvider, with PosixTimeProvider recommended as being faster, more accurate and more stable, although it does make use of native code.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default long	currentTime(TimeUnit timeUnit) Deprecated.
default long	currentTimeMicros()
long	currentTimeMillis()
default long	currentTimeNanos()

Method Detail

currentTimeMillis

long currentTimeMillis()

currentTimeMicros

default long currentTimeMicros()
                        throws IllegalStateException

Throws:

IllegalStateException

currentTimeNanos

default long currentTimeNanos()
                       throws IllegalStateException

Throws:

IllegalStateException

currentTime

@Deprecated
default long currentTime(TimeUnit timeUnit)
                              throws IllegalStateException

Deprecated.

Throws:

IllegalStateException