MonotonicClock (apache-cassandra API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

MonotonicClock.AbstractEpochSamplingClock, MonotonicClock.SampledClock, MonotonicClock.SystemClock
```
public interface MonotonicClock
```
Wrapper around time related functions that are either implemented by using the default JVM calls or by using a custom implementation for testing purposes. See MonotonicClock.Global.preciseTime for how to use a custom implementation. Please note that Clock wasn't used, as it would not be possible to provide an implementation for now() with the exact same properties of System.nanoTime(). TODO better rationalise MonotonicClock/Clock

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static class`	`MonotonicClock.AbstractEpochSamplingClock`
`static class`	`MonotonicClock.Global`
`static class`	`MonotonicClock.SampledClock`
`static class`	`MonotonicClock.SystemClock`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`error()`
`boolean`	`isAfter(long instant)`
`boolean`	`isAfter(long now, long instant)`
`long`	`now()`
`MonotonicClockTranslation`	`translate()`

- Method Detail
  - now
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long now()
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    See Also:
    
    Provides a monotonic time that can be compared with any other such value produced by the same clock since the application started only; these times cannot be persisted or serialized to other nodes. Nanosecond precision.
  - error
```
long error()
```
    Returns:
    
    nanoseconds of potential error
  - translate
```
MonotonicClockTranslation translate()
```
  - isAfter
```
boolean isAfter(long instant)
```
  - isAfter
```
boolean isAfter(long now,
                long instant)
```