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Interface TickListener

All Known Implementing Classes:

DelayedInputStream, DelayedOutputStream

public interface TickListener

An interface for listening to (receiving) tick events. Ticks sent to TickListener objects are guaranteed to not overlap each other, ie. no two threads will enter the same object's tick(long) at the same time.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	tick(long tick) Called when a tick event is fired.

Method Detail

tick

void tick(long tick)

Called when a tick event is fired. The tick sequence is given in the parameter and can be any numer - however, it is guaranteed that the number increases by one between two ticks. Integer overflows are handled naturally, ie. the tick Long.MAX_VALUE is followed by Long.MIN_VALUE. Furthermore, it is guaranteed that ticks do not overlap each other, ie. no two threads will enter the same object's tick(long) at the same time.

Parameters:

tick - the tick number