ParameterNoticeBoard
Class StatusTime

java.lang.Object
  ParameterNoticeBoard.StatusTime

 class StatusTime
extends java.lang.Object

Used to hold the temporal information relating to status information which was written into the noticeboard. It tracks the time that the item was written into the noticeboard and also the time at which the status value is expected to expire after the status value has been updated

Version:

$Id: StatusTime.java,v 1.4 2008/05/21 11:17:57 cb Exp $

Author:

Craige Bevil

Field Summary

int	ExpiryTime The delay expressed in milli-seconds after which the status value is considered to be out of date.
private java.util.Date	StatusLastUpdateTime
private static int	STATUSNEVEREXPIRES Constant which reflects that the status will never expire

Constructor Summary

StatusTime()
Default constructor

StatusTime(int ExpiryTime)
Constructor which sets the expiry time to the value which is specified in millisecs since Jan 1st 1970

Method Summary

(package private) void	resetStatusUpdateTime() Resets the status update time to now
(package private) boolean	statusValueExpired() Tests whether this status item has expired or not

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

STATUSNEVEREXPIRES

private static final int STATUSNEVEREXPIRES

Constant which reflects that the status will never expire

See Also:

Constant Field Values

StatusLastUpdateTime

private java.util.Date StatusLastUpdateTime

ExpiryTime

public int ExpiryTime

The delay expressed in milli-seconds after which the status value is considered to be out of date.

Constructor Detail

StatusTime

StatusTime(int ExpiryTime)

Constructor which sets the expiry time to the value which is specified in millisecs since Jan 1st 1970

StatusTime

StatusTime()

Default constructor

Method Detail

statusValueExpired

boolean statusValueExpired()

Tests whether this status item has expired or not

resetStatusUpdateTime

void resetStatusUpdateTime()

Resets the status update time to now