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Java-based middleware for in-memory processing of big data in a distributed environment.

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2011 The Guava Authors
 */

package org.apache.ignite.internal.util;

/**
 * A time source; returns a time value representing the number of nanoseconds elapsed since some
 * fixed but arbitrary point in time. Note that most users should use {@link IgniteStopwatch} instead of
 * interacting with this class directly.
 *
 * Warning: this interface can only be used to measure elapsed time, not wall time.
 */
public abstract class IgniteTicker {
    /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
    protected IgniteTicker() {}

    /** Returns the number of nanoseconds elapsed since this ticker's fixed point of reference. */
    public abstract long read();

    /**
     * A ticker that reads the current time using {@link System#nanoTime}.
     */
    public static IgniteTicker systemTicker() {
        return SYSTEM_TICKER;
    }

    /** System ticker. */
    private static final IgniteTicker SYSTEM_TICKER =
        new IgniteTicker() {
            @Override public long read() {
                return System.nanoTime();
            }
        };
}