1 /* 2 * File: ITimeProvider.java 3 * Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Peter Kliem (Peter.Kliem@jaret.de) 4 * A commercial license is available, see http://www.jaret.de. 5 * 6 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 7 * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0 8 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 9 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html 10 */ 11 package de.jaret.util.date.timemachine; 12 13 import java.util.Date; 14 15 /** 16 * Interface describing somthing that provides a timestamp. 17 * 18 * @author kliem 19 * @version $Id: ITimeProvider.java 702 2007-12-30 11:54:55Z kliem $ 20 */ 21 public interface ITimeProvider { 22 /** 23 * Retrieve the current time. 24 * 25 * @return current time as millis. 26 */ 27 long getCurrentTime(); 28 29 /** 30 * Retrieve the current time as a Date object. 31 * 32 * @return current time as java.util.Date 33 */ 34 Date getCurentTimeAsDate(); 35 36 }