- 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 itsgetDelay
method.- Since:
- 1.5
Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description long
getDelay(TimeUnit unit)
Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.Methods declared in interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo
Method Detail
getDelay
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