TimerService (Drools :: Core 8.40.0.Final API)

All Superinterfaces:

SchedulerService

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDKTimerService, PseudoClockScheduler
```
public interface TimerService
extends SchedulerService
```
An interface for all timer service implementations used in a drools session.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`getCurrentTime()`	Returns the current time from the scheduler clock
`TimerJobFactoryManager`	`getTimerJobFactoryManager()`
`java.util.Collection<TimerJobInstance>`	`getTimerJobInstances(long id)`	This method may return null for some TimerService implementations that do not want the overhead of maintain this.
`long`	`getTimeToNextJob()`	Returns the number of time units (usually ms) to the next scheduled job
`void`	`reset()`	Reset this service
`void`	`setTimerJobFactoryManager(TimerJobFactoryManager timerJobFactoryManager)`
`void`	`shutdown()`	Shuts the service down

Methods inherited from interface org.drools.core.time.SchedulerService
removeJob, scheduleJob

- Method Detail
  - getCurrentTime
```
long getCurrentTime()
```
    Returns the current time from the scheduler clock
    
    Returns:
    
    the current timestamp
  - reset
```
void reset()
```
    Reset this service
  - shutdown
```
void shutdown()
```
    Shuts the service down
  - getTimeToNextJob
```
long getTimeToNextJob()
```
    Returns the number of time units (usually ms) to the next scheduled job
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of time units until the next scheduled job or -1 if there is no job scheduled
  - getTimerJobInstances
```
java.util.Collection<TimerJobInstance> getTimerJobInstances(long id)
```
    This method may return null for some TimerService implementations that do not want the overhead of maintain this.
    
    Returns:
  - setTimerJobFactoryManager
```
void setTimerJobFactoryManager(TimerJobFactoryManager timerJobFactoryManager)
```
  - getTimerJobFactoryManager
```
TimerJobFactoryManager getTimerJobFactoryManager()
```