1 /* 2 * CLIF is a Load Injection Framework 3 * Copyright (C) 2003 France Telecom R&D 4 * Copyright (C) 2003 INRIA 5 * 6 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 9 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 10 * 11 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 15 * 16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 17 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 18 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 19 * 20 * CLIF $Name: $ 21 * 22 * Contact: clif@objectweb.org 23 */ 24 25 26 package org.objectweb.clif.scenario.util.timers; 27 28 /** 29 * Generic timer interface 30 * 31 * @author Julien Buret 32 * @author Nicolas Droze 33 * @author Bruno Dillenseger 34 */ 35 36 public interface Timer 37 { 38 /** 39 * Generates a delay value 40 * @return a delay value 41 */ 42 public long getDelay(); 43 44 /** 45 * Generates a delay value and actually performs the delay for the current thread. 46 * @see Thread#sleep(long) 47 */ 48 public void delay(); 49 50 } 51