IncrementingEnvironmentEdge.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util;

/**
 * Uses an incrementing algorithm instead of the default.
 */
public class IncrementingEnvironmentEdge implements EnvironmentEdge {

  private long timeIncrement = 1;

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   * <p/>
   * This method increments a known value for the current time each time this
   * method is called. The first value is 1.
   */
  @Override
  public synchronized long currentTimeMillis() {
    return timeIncrement++;
  }
}