Interface Clock

All Known Implementing Classes:

FixedClock

public interface Clock

Clock which can be used to get the amount of elapsed milliseconds in system time.

The default system implementation can be accessed at SYSTEM. Alternative implementations may be used for testing.

Since:

1.9

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Clock	SYSTEM	Provides the default System implementation of a Clock by using System.currentTimeMillis().

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	currentTimeMillis()	Returns the current time in milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC, to match the behavior of System.currentTimeMillis().

Field Details

SYSTEM

static final Clock SYSTEM

Provides the default System implementation of a Clock by using System.currentTimeMillis().

Method Details

currentTimeMillis

long currentTimeMillis()

Returns the current time in milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC, to match the behavior of System.currentTimeMillis().