rx

Class Scheduler

java.lang.Object

rx.Scheduler

Direct Known Subclasses:

ImmediateScheduler, NewThreadScheduler, TestScheduler, TrampolineScheduler

public abstract class Scheduler
extends java.lang.Object

A Scheduler is an object that schedules units of work. You can find common implementations of this class in Schedulers.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Scheduler.Worker Sequential Scheduler for executing actions on a single thread or event loop.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Scheduler()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Scheduler.Worker	createWorker() Retrieves or creates a new Scheduler.Worker that represents serial execution of actions.
long	now() Gets the current time, in milliseconds, according to this Scheduler.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Scheduler

public Scheduler()

Method Detail

createWorker

public abstract Scheduler.Worker createWorker()

Retrieves or creates a new Scheduler.Worker that represents serial execution of actions.

When work is completed it should be unsubscribed using Subscription.unsubscribe().

Work on a Scheduler.Worker is guaranteed to be sequential.

Returns:

a Worker representing a serial queue of actions to be executed

now

public long now()

Gets the current time, in milliseconds, according to this Scheduler.

Returns:

the scheduler's notion of current absolute time in milliseconds