Delayed

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Delayed>

All Known Subinterfaces:

RunnableScheduledFuture<V>, ScheduledFuture<V>
```
public interface Delayed
extends Comparable<Delayed>
```
A mix-in style interface for marking objects that should be acted upon after a given delay.
An implementation of this interface must define a compareTo method that provides an ordering consistent with its getDelay method.

Since:

1.5

- Method Summary
  
  Methods
  Modifier and Type Method and Description
  
  long getDelay(TimeUnit unit)
  Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.
  - Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
    compareTo

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`long`	`getDelay(TimeUnit unit)` Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.

- Method Detail
  - getDelay
```
long getDelay(TimeUnit unit)
```
    Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.
    
    Parameters:
    unit - the time unit
    
    Returns:
    the remaining delay; zero or negative values indicate that the delay has already elapsed

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Interface Delayed

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

Method Detail

getDelay