TimePoint (javadoc 2024.12-174331 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

TimePointImpl
```
public interface TimePoint
```
Represents a time point with providing the relative time counted from some time base which depends on a particular service producing TimePoint objects (usually the time base is the moment of object creation). The time base can be calculated as follows
TimePoint tp; Date timeBase = new Date(tp.getAbsoluteTime().getTime()-tp.getRelativeSeconds()*1000)

Author:

Sergey.Anchipolevsky Date: 20.06.2007

See Also:

Date

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static TimePoint`	`NEVER`	This constant stands for a special case of timepoint which can never occur. `getRelativeSeconds()` returns `Long.MAX_VALUE` and `getAbsoluteTime()` returns `new Date(Long.MAX_VALUE)`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Date`	`getAbsoluteTime()`	Returns the absolute time of the time point.
`long`	`getRelativeSeconds()`	Returns the number of seconds from the time base.

- Field Detail
  - NEVER
```
static final TimePoint NEVER
```
    This constant stands for a special case of timepoint which can never occur.
    getRelativeSeconds() returns Long.MAX_VALUE and getAbsoluteTime() returns new Date(Long.MAX_VALUE)
    
    See Also:
    
    Long
- Method Detail
  - getAbsoluteTime
```
@NotNull
Date getAbsoluteTime()
```
    Returns the absolute time of the time point.
    
    Returns:
    
    see above
  - getRelativeSeconds
```
long getRelativeSeconds()
```
    Returns the number of seconds from the time base. If the value is negative the time point is prior to the time base.
    
    Returns:
    
    see above