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package com.amazonaws.services.simpleworkflow.flow;

import com.amazonaws.services.simpleworkflow.flow.core.Promise;
import com.amazonaws.services.simpleworkflow.model.DecisionTask;

/**
 * Clock that must be used inside workflow definition code to ensure replay
 * determinism.
 */
public interface WorkflowClock {

    /**
     * @return time of the {@link DecisionTask} start event of the decision
     *         being processed or replayed.
     */
    public long currentTimeMillis();

    /**
     * true indicates if workflow is replaying already processed
     * events to reconstruct it state. false indicates that code is
     * making forward process for the first time. For example can be used to
     * avoid duplicating log records due to replay. 
     */
    public boolean isReplaying();

    /**
     * Create a Value that becomes ready after the specified delay.
     * 
     * @param delay
     *            time-interval after which the Value becomes ready in seconds.
     * @return Promise that becomes ready after the specified delay.
     */
    public abstract Promise createTimer(long delaySeconds);

    /**
     * Create a Value that becomes ready after the specified delay.
     * 
     * @param context
     *            context object that is returned inside the value when it
     *            becomes ready.
     * @return Promise that becomes ready after the specified delay. When ready
     *         it contains value passed as context parameter.
     */
    public abstract  Promise createTimer(long delaySeconds, final T context);

}