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1 /*
2  * @(#)Delayed.java 1.6 04/04/14
3  *
4  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
5  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
6  */
7
8 package java.util.concurrent;
9
10 import java.util.*;
11
12 /**
13  * A mix-in style interface for marking objects that should be
14  * acted upon after a given delay.
15  *
16  * <p>An implementation of this interface must define a
17  * <tt>compareTo</tt> method that provides an ordering consistent with
18  * its <tt>getDelay</tt> method.
19  *
20  * @since 1.5
21  * @author Doug Lea
22  */
23 public interface Delayed extends Comparable JavaDoc<Delayed JavaDoc> {
24
25     /**
26      * Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the
27      * given time unit.
28      *
29      * @param unit the time unit
30      * @return the remaining delay; zero or negative values indicate
31      * that the delay has already elapsed
32      */
33     long getDelay(TimeUnit JavaDoc unit);
34 }
35
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