Package kieker.monitoring.timer

Class AbstractTimeSource

java.lang.Object

kieker.monitoring.timer.AbstractTimeSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

ITimeSource

Direct Known Subclasses:

SystemMilliTimer, SystemNanoTimer

public abstract class AbstractTimeSource
extends Object
implements ITimeSource

Since:

1.3

Author:

Jan Waller

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AbstractTimeSource(Configuration configuration)	This constructor initializes the class using the given configuration.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected Configuration	getDefaultConfiguration()	This method should be overwritten, iff the timer is external to Kieker and thus its default configuration is not included in the default config file.
abstract String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface kieker.monitoring.timer.ITimeSource

getOffset, getTime, getTimeUnit

Constructor Details

AbstractTimeSource

protected AbstractTimeSource(Configuration configuration)

This constructor initializes the class using the given configuration.

Parameters:

configuration - The configuration for this time source.

Method Details

getDefaultConfiguration

protected Configuration getDefaultConfiguration()

This method should be overwritten, iff the timer is external to Kieker and thus its default configuration is not included in the default config file.

Returns:

The configuration object containing the default configuration.

toString

public abstract String toString()

Specified by:

toString in interface ITimeSource

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

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