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2 The copyright of all source code included in this Prevayler distribution is |
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3 held by Klaus Wuestefeld, except the files that specifically state otherwise. |
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4 All rights are reserved. "PREVAYLER" is a trademark of Klaus Wuestefeld. |
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9 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without |
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10 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: |
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12 - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this |
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13 list of conditions and the following disclaimer. |
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15 - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, |
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16 this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation |
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17 and/or other materials provided with the distribution. |
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19 - Neither the name of Prevayler nor the names of its contributors may be used |
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20 to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific |
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21 prior written permission. |
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24 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" |
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25 AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE |
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27 ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE |
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28 LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR |
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29 CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF |
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30 SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS |
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31 INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN |
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33 ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE |
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34 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. |
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35 */ |
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37 package org.prevayler; |
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39 import java.io.Serializable; |
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40 import java.util.Date; |
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43 /** The clock used by every business object in a PrevalentSystem for ALL its date/time related functions. |
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44 * If any business object were to access the system clock directly, with methods like new Date() and System.currentTimeMillis(), its behaviour would NOT be deterministic. |
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45 * A future version of AlarmClock will be able to wake up other objects in a way similar to javax.swing.Timer and java.util.Timer. |
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47 public interface AlarmClock extends Serializable { |
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49 /** Returns the "current" time. The same value will be returned for every call, throughout the execution of a command, ensuring that each command is executed in a single moment in time. Without this, the commands could not be deterministically re-executed during crash-recovery. |
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50 * @return A Date greater or equal to the one returned by the last call to this method. If the time is the same as the last call, the SAME Date object is guaranteed to be returned and not a new, equal one. |
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52 public Date time(); |
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53 } |