- All Superinterfaces:
Comparable<Delayed>
- All Known Subinterfaces:
RunnableScheduledFuture<V>
,ScheduledFuture<V>
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 a
compareTo
method that provides an ordering consistent with
its getDelay
method.
- Since:
- 1.5
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Method Summary
Methods declared in interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo
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Method Details
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getDelay
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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