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/*
* 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;
import java.util.*;
/**
* 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);
}
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