io.opentelemetry.sdk.common

Interface Clock

All Known Implementing Classes:

MillisClock, MonotonicClock, TestClock

public interface Clock

Interface for getting the current time.

Since:

0.1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	nanoTime() Returns a time measurement with nanosecond precision that can only be used to calculate elapsed time.
long	now() Obtains the current epoch timestamp in nanos from this clock.

Method Detail

now

long now()

Obtains the current epoch timestamp in nanos from this clock.

Returns:

the current epoch timestamp in nanos.

Since:

0.1.0

nanoTime

long nanoTime()

Returns a time measurement with nanosecond precision that can only be used to calculate elapsed time.

Returns:

a time measurement with nanosecond precision that can only be used to calculate elapsed time.

Since:

0.1.0