Interface Ticker

  • Functional Interface:
    This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

    @FunctionalInterface
    public interface Ticker
    A time source; returns a time value representing the number of nanoseconds elapsed since some fixed but arbitrary point in time.

    Warning: this interface can only be used to measure elapsed time, not wall time.

    • Method Detail

      • read

        long read()
        Returns the number of nanoseconds elapsed since this ticker's fixed point of reference.