/* * File: Temporal.java * Authors: Justin Basilico * Company: Sandia National Laboratories * Project: Cognitive Foundry * * Copyright February 28, 2008, Sandia Corporation. * Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000, there is a non-exclusive * license for use of this work by or on behalf of the U.S. Government. Export * of this program may require a license from the United States Government. * See CopyrightHistory.txt for complete details. * */ package gov.sandia.cognition.util; import java.util.Date; /** * The {@code Temporal} interface defines the functionality of an object that * has a time associated with it. * * @author Justin Basilico * @since 2.1 */ public interface Temporal extends Comparable<Temporal> { /** * The time associated with this object. * * @return The time associated with this object. */ public Date getTime(); }