| /* |
| * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 |
| * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at |
| * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain |
| */ |
| |
| package java.util.concurrent; |
| |
| /** |
| * A mix-in style interface for marking objects that should be |
| * acted upon after a given delay. |
| * |
| * <p>An implementation of this interface must define a |
| * <tt>compareTo</tt> method that provides an ordering consistent with |
| * its <tt>getDelay</tt> method. |
| * |
| * @since 1.5 |
| * @author Doug Lea |
| */ |
| public interface Delayed extends Comparable<Delayed> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the |
| * given time unit. |
| * |
| * @param unit the time unit |
| * @return the remaining delay; zero or negative values indicate |
| * that the delay has already elapsed |
| */ |
| long getDelay(TimeUnit unit); |
| } |
