AbstractUserActivityMonitor.java

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package org.eclipse.mylyn.monitor.ui;

/**
 * Extend to monitor periods of user activity and inactivity.
 * 
 * @author Mik Kersten
 * @author Rob Elves
 * @since 2.0
 */
public abstract class AbstractUserActivityMonitor {

	private long lastEventTimeStamp = -1;

	/**
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	public long getLastInteractionTime() {
		synchronized (this) {
			return lastEventTimeStamp;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	public void setLastEventTime(long lastEventTime) {
		synchronized (this) {
			lastEventTimeStamp = lastEventTime;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	public abstract void start();

	/**
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	public abstract void stop();

	/**
	 * @return false if monitor unable to run (i.e. startup failures of any kind)
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	public boolean isEnabled() {
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * @since 3.1
	 */
	public String getOriginId() {
		return null;
	}

}