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package org.jboss.test.timer.interfaces;
/**
* @author Thomas Diesler
* @author Scott.Stark@jboss.org
* @version $Revision: 81036 $
*/
public interface TimerEntity
extends javax.ejb.EJBObject
{
/**
* Start a single timer (if not already set) with the start date plus the period
* @param pPeriod Time that will elapse between now and the timed event in milliseconds
*/
public void startSingleTimer( long pPeriod )
throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
/**
* Start a timer (if not already set) with the start date plus the period and an interval of the given period
* @param pPeriod Time that will elapse between two events in milliseconds
*/
public void startTimer( long pPeriod )
throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
public void stopTimer( )
throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
public int getTimeoutCount( )
throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
public java.util.Date getNextTimeout( )
throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
public long getTimeRemaining( )
throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
public java.lang.Object getInfo( )
throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
public javax.ejb.TimerHandle getTimerHandle( )
throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
}