/*
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* Copyright (C) 2006 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved. *
* http://www.espertech.com/esper *
* http://www.espertech.com *
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the GPL license *
* a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file. *
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*/
package com.espertech.esper.schedule;
/**
* Provider of internal system time.
* <p>
* Internal system time is controlled either by a timer function or by external time events.
*/
public interface TimeProvider {
/**
* Returns the current engine time.
*
* @return time that has last been set
*/
public long getTime();
}