com.timeindexing.time
Class Clock

java.lang.Object
  com.timeindexing.time.Clock

public class Clock
extends java.lang.Object

A simple wall clock class that returns AbsoluteTimestamps.

Field Summary

static Timestamp	TICK A single tick of a clock.
static Clock	time A publically usable clock that tells the time.
static Timestamp	ZERO The zero point on the clock.

Constructor Summary

Clock()
Construct a Clock

Clock(java.util.TimeZone tz)
Construct a Clock in a specific TimeZone

Method Summary

Timestamp	asMicros() Get the current time resolved to microseconds.
Timestamp	asMillis() Get the current time resolved to milliseconds.
Timestamp	asNanos() Get the current time resolved to nanoseconds.
Timestamp	asScale(Scale scale) Convert a Timestamp to a specific Scale.
Timestamp	asSeconds() Get the current time resolved to seconds.
Timestamp	time() Return the current time.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

time

public static final Clock time

A publically usable clock that tells the time.

TICK

public static final Timestamp TICK

A single tick of a clock. This is 1 unit of the lowest resolution that TimeIndexing can handle. In the current implementation it is 1 nanosecond.

ZERO

public static final Timestamp ZERO

The zero point on the clock.

Constructor Detail

Clock

public Clock()

Construct a Clock

Clock

public Clock(java.util.TimeZone tz)

Construct a Clock in a specific TimeZone

Method Detail

time

public Timestamp time()

Return the current time. The Scale is the best that the platform will support naturally. Currently, Java only resolves times to milliseconds, so the Scale is MillisecondScale.

asScale

public Timestamp asScale(Scale scale)

Convert a Timestamp to a specific Scale.

asSeconds

public Timestamp asSeconds()

Get the current time resolved to seconds.

asMillis

public Timestamp asMillis()

Get the current time resolved to milliseconds.

asMicros

public Timestamp asMicros()

Get the current time resolved to microseconds.

asNanos

public Timestamp asNanos()

Get the current time resolved to nanoseconds.