jadex.util.concurrent
Interface ITimerService

All Known Implementing Classes:

TimerService

public interface ITimerService

Interface for the timer that manages future timepoints and has the task to notify objects at the given time entries.

Method Summary

void	addEntry(ITimedObject to, long time) Add a timing entry.
void	removeEntry(ITimedObject to) Remove a timing entry.
void	shutdown() Shutdown the timer service.

Method Detail

addEntry

void addEntry(ITimedObject to,
              long time)

Add a timing entry. When an entry for the given object already exists, the old entry will be discarded.

Parameters:

to - The timed object to notify.

time - The absolute notification time.

removeEntry

void removeEntry(ITimedObject to)

Remove a timing entry.

Parameters:

to - The object to notify.

shutdown

void shutdown()

Shutdown the timer service. Drops outstanding notification requests.