TimeProvider.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Google Inc.
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package interactivespaces.time;

import interactivespaces.util.resource.ManagedResource;

/**
 * Get the time.
 *
 * @author Keith M. Hughes
 */
public interface TimeProvider extends ManagedResource {

  /**
   * Get the current time.
   *
   * @return the difference in milliseconds between the current time and
   *         midnight, Jan 1, 1970
   */
  long getCurrentTime();
}