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 }