java.util.concurrent
Interface Delayed

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ScheduledCancellable, ScheduledFuture

public interface Delayed

extends Comparable

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

getDelay

long getDelay(TimeUnit unit)

Get the delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.

Parameters:

unit - the time unit

Returns:

the delay; zero or negative values indicate that the delay has already elapsed