Delayed
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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
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abstract
long
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getDelay( TimeUnit unit)
Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the
given time unit.
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Public Methods
public
abstract
long
getDelay
(TimeUnit unit)
Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the
given time unit.
Returns
- the remaining delay; zero or negative values indicate
that the delay has already elapsed
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Last updated 2024-07-10 UTC.
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