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package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Public;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Evolving;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;

/**
 * A monotonic clock from some arbitrary time base in the past, counting in
 * milliseconds, and not affected by settimeofday or similar system clock
 * changes.
 * This is appropriate to use when computing how much longer to wait for an
 * interval to expire.
 * This function can return a negative value and it must be handled correctly
 * by callers. See the documentation of System#nanoTime for caveats.
 */
@Public
@Evolving
public class MonotonicClock implements Clock {

  /**
   * Get current time from some arbitrary time base in the past, counting in
   * milliseconds, and not affected by settimeofday or similar system clock
   * changes.
   * @return a monotonic clock that counts in milliseconds.
   */
  public long getTime() {
    return Time.monotonicNow();
  }
}