1 // $Header: /home/cvs/jakarta-jmeter/src/core/org/apache/jmeter/timers/Timer.java,v 1.5 2004/02/13 02:40:55 sebb Exp $ 2 /* 3 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 4 * 5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 8 * 9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 10 * 11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 * limitations under the License. 16 * 17 */ 18 19 package org.apache.jmeter.timers; 20 21 import java.io.Serializable; 22 23 /** 24 * This interface defines those methods that must be implemented 25 * by timer plugins. 26 * 27 * @author <a HREF="mailto:stefano@apache.org">Stefano Mazzocchi</a> 28 * @author <a HREF="mailto:seade@backstagetech.com.au">Scott Eade</a> 29 * @version $Id: Timer.java,v 1.5 2004/02/13 02:40:55 sebb Exp $ 30 */ 31 public interface Timer extends Serializable 32 { 33 /** 34 * This method is called after a sampling process is done to know how much 35 * time the sampling thread has to wait until sampling again. 36 * 37 * @return the computed delay value. 38 */ 39 public long delay(); 40 } 41