src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/util/Clock.java

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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.util;

/**
 * This class provides an interface for a pluggable clock.
 */
public interface Clock {

  /**
   * Returns the current time in milliseconds. The milliseconds are counted from midnight
   * Jan 1, 1970.
   */
  long currentTimeMillis();

  /**
   * Returns the current time in nanoseconds. The nanoseconds are measured relative to some
   * unknown, but fixed event. Unfortunately, a sequence of calls to this method is *not*
   * guaranteed to return non-decreasing values, so callers should be tolerant to this behavior.
   */
  long nanoTime();
}