Clock (Helidon 1.3.0 API)

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public interface Clock
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Clock interface to allow replacing system clock with a custom one (e.g. for unit testing).

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static Clock SYSTEM
System clock.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`milliTime()`	A millisecond precision current time, such as provided by `System.currentTimeMillis()`.
`long`	`nanoTick()`	A nanosecond precision tick to use for time measurements.
`static Clock`	`system()`	Create a clock based on system time.

- Field Detail
  - SYSTEM
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static final Clock SYSTEM
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    System clock. Please do not use directly, use system(). This is only visible as we cannot do private modifier in interfaces yet.
- Method Detail
  - system
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static Clock system()
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    Create a clock based on system time.
    
    Returns:
    
    clock based on system time
  - nanoTick
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long nanoTick()
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    A nanosecond precision tick to use for time measurements. The value is meaningless, it just must increase correctly during a JVM runtime.
    
    Returns:
    
    nanosecond value
  - milliTime
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long milliTime()
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    A millisecond precision current time, such as provided by System.currentTimeMillis().
    
    Returns:
    
    current time in milliseconds