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package javax.media;
/**
* 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.
*
* @see Clock
* @version 1.13, 97/08/25.
*/
public interface TimeBase
{
/**
* Get the current time of this TimeBase.
*
* @return the current TimeBase time.
*/
public Time getTime();
/**
* Get the current time of the TimeBase
* specified in nanoseconds.
*
* @return the current TimeBase time in
* nanoseocnds.
*/
public long getNanoseconds();
}