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package org.ehcache.core.spi.time;


A source of wall time.


The main purpose of this interface is to allow tests to control time arbitrarily (as opposed to using system time
and sleep()'ing to advance time.

/**
 * A source of wall time.
 * <p>
 * The main purpose of this interface is to allow tests to control time arbitrarily (as opposed to using system time
 * and sleep()'ing to advance time.
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface TimeSource {

  
The current "time" in milliseconds

/**
   * The current "time" in milliseconds
   */
  long getTimeMillis();

}