Package net.time4j.scale

Interface TickProvider

public interface TickProvider

This SPI-interface describes how nanoseconds since an arbitrary start time are generated.

Will be evaluated during loading of the class SystemClock. The internal standard implementation uses System.nanoTime().

Note: All implementations must have a public no-arg constructor.

Since:
3.2/4.1
Author:
Meno Hochschild

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    long
    getNanos()
    Generates a count of nanoseconds.
    String
    getPlatform()
    Determines the name of the platform where this implementation should be used.

  • Method Details

    • getPlatform

      String getPlatform()

      Determines the name of the platform where this implementation should be used.

      Returns:
      name of suitable platform which is equivalent to the system property "java.vm.name"
      Since:
      3.2/4.1

    • getNanos

      long getNanos()

      Generates a count of nanoseconds.

      Returns:
      count of nanosecond ticks since an arbitrary but fixed start time which is typically the boot time
      Since:
      3.2/4.1