Package io.netty.util.concurrent

Interface Ticker

All Known Subinterfaces:

MockTicker

public interface Ticker

A nanosecond-based time source, e.g. System.nanoTime().

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	initialNanoTime()	The initial value used for delay and computations based upon a monotonic time source.
long	nanoTime()	The time elapsed since initialization of this class in nanoseconds.
static MockTicker	newMockTicker()	Returns a newly created mock Ticker that allows the caller control the flow of time.
void	sleep(long delay, TimeUnit unit)	Waits until the given amount of time goes by.
default void	sleepMillis(long delayMillis)	Waits until the given amount of time goes by.
static Ticker	systemTicker()	Returns the singleton Ticker that returns the values from the real system clock source.

Method Detail

systemTicker

static Ticker systemTicker()

Returns the singleton Ticker that returns the values from the real system clock source. However, note that this is not the same as System.nanoTime() because we apply a fixed offset to the nanoTime.

newMockTicker

static MockTicker newMockTicker()

Returns a newly created mock Ticker that allows the caller control the flow of time. This can be useful when you test time-sensitive logic without waiting for too long or introducing flakiness due to non-deterministic nature of system clock.

initialNanoTime

long initialNanoTime()

The initial value used for delay and computations based upon a monotonic time source.

Returns:

initial value used for delay and computations based upon a monotonic time source.

nanoTime

long nanoTime()

The time elapsed since initialization of this class in nanoseconds. This may return a negative number just like System.nanoTime().

sleep

void sleep(long delay,
           TimeUnit unit)
    throws InterruptedException

Waits until the given amount of time goes by.

Parameters:

delay - the amount of delay.

unit - the TimeUnit of delay.

Throws:

InterruptedException

See Also:

Thread.sleep(long)

sleepMillis

default void sleepMillis(long delayMillis)
                  throws InterruptedException

Waits until the given amount of time goes by.

Parameters:

delayMillis - the number of milliseconds.

Throws:

InterruptedException

See Also:

Thread.sleep(long)