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package org.elasticsearch.common.timer;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
/**
* Schedules {@link TimerTask}s for one-time future execution in a background
* thread.
*
* @author kimchy (Shay Banon)
*/
public interface Timer {
/**
* Schedules the specified {@link TimerTask} for one-time execution after
* the specified delay.
*
* @return a handle which is associated with the specified task
* @throws IllegalStateException if this timer has been
* {@linkplain #stop() stopped} already
*/
Timeout newTimeout(TimerTask task, long delay, TimeUnit unit);
/**
* Releases all resources acquired by this {@link Timer} and cancels all
* tasks which were scheduled but not executed yet.
*
* @return the handles associated with the tasks which were canceled by
* this method
*/
Set stop();
}