//package storm.starter.util; package udacity.storm.tools; import backtype.storm.Constants; import backtype.storm.tuple.Tuple; public final class TupleHelpers { private TupleHelpers() { } public static boolean isTickTuple(Tuple tuple) { return tuple.getSourceComponent().equals(Constants.SYSTEM_COMPONENT_ID) && tuple.getSourceStreamId().equals( Constants.SYSTEM_TICK_STREAM_ID); } }