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* Copyright (c) 2009, 2013 Ericsson
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are
* made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which
* accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Alvaro Sanchez-Leon - Initial API and implementation
* Patrick Tasse - Refactoring
*******************************************************************************/
package fr.inria.linuxtools.tmf.ui.widgets.timegraph.model;
/**
* Interface for time events, for use in the timegraph view
*
* @version 1.0
* @author Alvaro Sanchez-Leon
* @author Patrick Tasse
*/
public interface ITimeEvent {
/**
* Get the entry matching this time event.
*
* @return The time graph entry
*/
ITimeGraphEntry getEntry();
/**
* Get the timestamp of this event.
*
* @return The event's time
*/
long getTime();
/**
* @return
* <list>
* <li>-1: Considers duration to be from current event till the next</li>
* <li>0: Duration is not relevant e.g. a Burst / no state associated</li>
* <li>>0: Valid duration value specified</li>
* </list>
* <p>
*/
long getDuration();
}