- /*
- * @(#)Delayed.java 1.6 04/04/14
- *
- * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
- */
-
- 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);
- }