jwrapper.jwutils

Class JWConstantClock

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Thread

jwrapper.jwutils.JWConstantClock

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class JWConstantClock
extends java.lang.Thread

Tracks the current time in milliseconds and adapts to ignore changes in the date and time on the computer, thereby avoiding over/undersleeping due to synchronized time server updates etc.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static long	currentTimeMillis() Get the current clock, unaffected by server time updates, date changes and time changes.
void	run()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, clone, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

currentTimeMillis

public static long currentTimeMillis()

Get the current clock, unaffected by server time updates, date changes and time changes. Note that this clock may be out of sync with the standard clock by a significant margin and this disparity may grow over the course of the program.

Returns:

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread