Module com.github.benmanes.caffeine
Package com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache

Interface Ticker

Functional Interface:
This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
@NullMarked @FunctionalInterface public interface Ticker
A time source that returns a time value representing the number of nanoseconds elapsed since some fixed but arbitrary point in time.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    static Ticker
    disabledTicker()
    Returns a ticker that always returns 0.
    long
    read()
    Returns the number of nanoseconds elapsed since this ticker's fixed point of reference.
    static Ticker
    systemTicker()
    Returns a ticker that reads the current time using System.nanoTime().

  • Method Details

    • read

      long read()
      Returns the number of nanoseconds elapsed since this ticker's fixed point of reference.
      Returns:
      the number of nanoseconds elapsed since this ticker's fixed point of reference

    • systemTicker

      static Ticker systemTicker()
      Returns a ticker that reads the current time using System.nanoTime().
      Returns:
      a ticker that reads the current time using System.nanoTime()

    • disabledTicker

      static Ticker disabledTicker()
      Returns a ticker that always returns 0.
      Returns:
      a ticker that always returns 0