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Interface javax.media.TimeBase

public interface TimeBase
A TimeBase is a constantly ticking source of time, much like a crystal.

Unlike a Clock, a TimeBase cannot be temporally transformed, reset, or stopped.

Version:
1.13, 97/08/25.
See Also:
Clock

Method Index

 o getNanoseconds()
Get the current time of the TimeBase specified in nanoseconds.
 o getTime()
Get the current time of this TimeBase.

Methods

 o getTime
 public abstract Time getTime()
Get the current time of this TimeBase.

Returns:
the current TimeBase time.
 o getNanoseconds
 public abstract long getNanoseconds()
Get the current time of the TimeBase specified in nanoseconds.

Returns:
the current TimeBase time in nanoseocnds.

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