com.cinchapi.concourse.time

Class AtomicClock

Object

AtomicClock

public class AtomicClock
extends Object

A clock that gives as close to the current time as possible without duplicates in microseconds.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AtomicClock()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	time() Get the current timestamp (in microseconds), which is guaranteed to be unique.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

AtomicClock

public AtomicClock()

Method Detail

time

public long time()

Get the current timestamp (in microseconds), which is guaranteed to be unique.

Returns:

the timestamp.