kieker.monitoring.timer
Interface ITimeSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTimeSource, DefaultSystemTimer, SystemMilliTimer, SystemNanoTimer

public interface ITimeSource

Author:

Jan Waller

Method Summary

long	getTime() Returns the timestamp for the current time.
String	toString() Returns a String representation of the timesource.

Method Detail

getTime

long getTime()

Returns the timestamp for the current time. Usually, the timestamp is assumed to be in TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.

toString

String toString()

Returns a String representation of the timesource. E.g., the meaning of a timestamp from this source.

Overrides:

toString in class Object