Delayed

public interface Delayed implements Comparable<Delayed>
Known Indirect Subclasses

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.

Public Method Summary

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

Inherited Method Summary

Public Methods

public abstract 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