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package org.ehcache.core.spi.time;
/**
* A source of wall time.
* <p>
* The main purpose of this interface is to allow tests to control time arbitrarily (as opposed to using system time
* and sleep()'ing to advance time.
*/
public interface TimeSource {
/**
* The current "time" in milliseconds
*/
long getTimeMillis();
}