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package java.util.concurrent;

A TimeUnit represents time durations at a given unit of granularity and provides utility methods to convert across units, and to perform timing and delay operations in these units. A TimeUnit does not maintain time information, but only helps organize and use time representations that may be maintained separately across various contexts. A nanosecond is defined as one thousandth of a microsecond, a microsecond as one thousandth of a millisecond, a millisecond as one thousandth of a second, a minute as sixty seconds, an hour as sixty minutes, and a day as twenty four hours.

A TimeUnit is mainly used to inform time-based methods how a given timing parameter should be interpreted. For example, the following code will timeout in 50 milliseconds if the lock is not available:

 
Lock lock = ...;
if (lock.tryLock(50L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) ...
while this code will timeout in 50 seconds:
 
Lock lock = ...;
if (lock.tryLock(50L, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) ...
Note however, that there is no guarantee that a particular timeout implementation will be able to notice the passage of time at the same granularity as the given TimeUnit.
Author:Doug Lea
Since:1.5
/** * A {@code TimeUnit} represents time durations at a given unit of * granularity and provides utility methods to convert across units, * and to perform timing and delay operations in these units. A * {@code TimeUnit} does not maintain time information, but only * helps organize and use time representations that may be maintained * separately across various contexts. A nanosecond is defined as one * thousandth of a microsecond, a microsecond as one thousandth of a * millisecond, a millisecond as one thousandth of a second, a minute * as sixty seconds, an hour as sixty minutes, and a day as twenty four * hours. * * <p>A {@code TimeUnit} is mainly used to inform time-based methods * how a given timing parameter should be interpreted. For example, * the following code will timeout in 50 milliseconds if the {@link * java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock lock} is not available: * * <pre> {@code * Lock lock = ...; * if (lock.tryLock(50L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) ...}</pre> * * while this code will timeout in 50 seconds: * <pre> {@code * Lock lock = ...; * if (lock.tryLock(50L, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) ...}</pre> * * Note however, that there is no guarantee that a particular timeout * implementation will be able to notice the passage of time at the * same granularity as the given {@code TimeUnit}. * * @since 1.5 * @author Doug Lea */
public enum TimeUnit {
Time unit representing one thousandth of a microsecond
/** * Time unit representing one thousandth of a microsecond */
NANOSECONDS { public long toNanos(long d) { return d; } public long toMicros(long d) { return d/(C1/C0); } public long toMillis(long d) { return d/(C2/C0); } public long toSeconds(long d) { return d/(C3/C0); } public long toMinutes(long d) { return d/(C4/C0); } public long toHours(long d) { return d/(C5/C0); } public long toDays(long d) { return d/(C6/C0); } public long convert(long d, TimeUnit u) { return u.toNanos(d); } int excessNanos(long d, long m) { return (int)(d - (m*C2)); } },
Time unit representing one thousandth of a millisecond
/** * Time unit representing one thousandth of a millisecond */
MICROSECONDS { public long toNanos(long d) { return x(d, C1/C0, MAX/(C1/C0)); } public long toMicros(long d) { return d; } public long toMillis(long d) { return d/(C2/C1); } public long toSeconds(long d) { return d/(C3/C1); } public long toMinutes(long d) { return d/(C4/C1); } public long toHours(long d) { return d/(C5/C1); } public long toDays(long d) { return d/(C6/C1); } public long convert(long d, TimeUnit u) { return u.toMicros(d); } int excessNanos(long d, long m) { return (int)((d*C1) - (m*C2)); } },
Time unit representing one thousandth of a second
/** * Time unit representing one thousandth of a second */
MILLISECONDS { public long toNanos(long d) { return x(d, C2/C0, MAX/(C2/C0)); } public long toMicros(long d) { return x(d, C2/C1, MAX/(C2/C1)); } public long toMillis(long d) { return d; } public long toSeconds(long d) { return d/(C3/C2); } public long toMinutes(long d) { return d/(C4/C2); } public long toHours(long d) { return d/(C5/C2); } public long toDays(long d) { return d/(C6/C2); } public long convert(long d, TimeUnit u) { return u.toMillis(d); } int excessNanos(long d, long m) { return 0; } },
Time unit representing one second
/** * Time unit representing one second */
SECONDS { public long toNanos(long d) { return x(d, C3/C0, MAX/(C3/C0)); } public long toMicros(long d) { return x(d, C3/C1, MAX/(C3/C1)); } public long toMillis(long d) { return x(d, C3/C2, MAX/(C3/C2)); } public long toSeconds(long d) { return d; } public long toMinutes(long d) { return d/(C4/C3); } public long toHours(long d) { return d/(C5/C3); } public long toDays(long d) { return d/(C6/C3); } public long convert(long d, TimeUnit u) { return u.toSeconds(d); } int excessNanos(long d, long m) { return 0; } },
Time unit representing sixty seconds
/** * Time unit representing sixty seconds */
MINUTES { public long toNanos(long d) { return x(d, C4/C0, MAX/(C4/C0)); } public long toMicros(long d) { return x(d, C4/C1, MAX/(C4/C1)); } public long toMillis(long d) { return x(d, C4/C2, MAX/(C4/C2)); } public long toSeconds(long d) { return x(d, C4/C3, MAX/(C4/C3)); } public long toMinutes(long d) { return d; } public long toHours(long d) { return d/(C5/C4); } public long toDays(long d) { return d/(C6/C4); } public long convert(long d, TimeUnit u) { return u.toMinutes(d); } int excessNanos(long d, long m) { return 0; } },
Time unit representing sixty minutes
/** * Time unit representing sixty minutes */
HOURS { public long toNanos(long d) { return x(d, C5/C0, MAX/(C5/C0)); } public long toMicros(long d) { return x(d, C5/C1, MAX/(C5/C1)); } public long toMillis(long d) { return x(d, C5/C2, MAX/(C5/C2)); } public long toSeconds(long d) { return x(d, C5/C3, MAX/(C5/C3)); } public long toMinutes(long d) { return x(d, C5/C4, MAX/(C5/C4)); } public long toHours(long d) { return d; } public long toDays(long d) { return d/(C6/C5); } public long convert(long d, TimeUnit u) { return u.toHours(d); } int excessNanos(long d, long m) { return 0; } },
Time unit representing twenty four hours
/** * Time unit representing twenty four hours */
DAYS { public long toNanos(long d) { return x(d, C6/C0, MAX/(C6/C0)); } public long toMicros(long d) { return x(d, C6/C1, MAX/(C6/C1)); } public long toMillis(long d) { return x(d, C6/C2, MAX/(C6/C2)); } public long toSeconds(long d) { return x(d, C6/C3, MAX/(C6/C3)); } public long toMinutes(long d) { return x(d, C6/C4, MAX/(C6/C4)); } public long toHours(long d) { return x(d, C6/C5, MAX/(C6/C5)); } public long toDays(long d) { return d; } public long convert(long d, TimeUnit u) { return u.toDays(d); } int excessNanos(long d, long m) { return 0; } }; // Handy constants for conversion methods static final long C0 = 1L; static final long C1 = C0 * 1000L; static final long C2 = C1 * 1000L; static final long C3 = C2 * 1000L; static final long C4 = C3 * 60L; static final long C5 = C4 * 60L; static final long C6 = C5 * 24L; static final long MAX = Long.MAX_VALUE;
Scale d by m, checking for overflow. This has a short name to make above code more readable.
/** * Scale d by m, checking for overflow. * This has a short name to make above code more readable. */
static long x(long d, long m, long over) { if (d > over) return Long.MAX_VALUE; if (d < -over) return Long.MIN_VALUE; return d * m; } // To maintain full signature compatibility with 1.5, and to improve the // clarity of the generated javadoc (see 6287639: Abstract methods in // enum classes should not be listed as abstract), method convert // etc. are not declared abstract but otherwise act as abstract methods.
Converts the given time duration in the given unit to this unit. Conversions from finer to coarser granularities truncate, so lose precision. For example, converting 999 milliseconds to seconds results in 0. Conversions from coarser to finer granularities with arguments that would numerically overflow saturate to Long.MIN_VALUE if negative or Long.MAX_VALUE if positive.

For example, to convert 10 minutes to milliseconds, use: TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(10L, TimeUnit.MINUTES)

Params:
  • sourceDuration – the time duration in the given sourceUnit
  • sourceUnit – the unit of the sourceDuration argument
Returns:the converted duration in this unit, or Long.MIN_VALUE if conversion would negatively overflow, or Long.MAX_VALUE if it would positively overflow.
/** * Converts the given time duration in the given unit to this unit. * Conversions from finer to coarser granularities truncate, so * lose precision. For example, converting {@code 999} milliseconds * to seconds results in {@code 0}. Conversions from coarser to * finer granularities with arguments that would numerically * overflow saturate to {@code Long.MIN_VALUE} if negative or * {@code Long.MAX_VALUE} if positive. * * <p>For example, to convert 10 minutes to milliseconds, use: * {@code TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(10L, TimeUnit.MINUTES)} * * @param sourceDuration the time duration in the given {@code sourceUnit} * @param sourceUnit the unit of the {@code sourceDuration} argument * @return the converted duration in this unit, * or {@code Long.MIN_VALUE} if conversion would negatively * overflow, or {@code Long.MAX_VALUE} if it would positively overflow. */
public long convert(long sourceDuration, TimeUnit sourceUnit) { throw new AbstractMethodError(); }
Params:
  • duration – the duration
Returns:the converted duration, or Long.MIN_VALUE if conversion would negatively overflow, or Long.MAX_VALUE if it would positively overflow.
/** * Equivalent to * {@link #convert(long, TimeUnit) NANOSECONDS.convert(duration, this)}. * @param duration the duration * @return the converted duration, * or {@code Long.MIN_VALUE} if conversion would negatively * overflow, or {@code Long.MAX_VALUE} if it would positively overflow. */
public long toNanos(long duration) { throw new AbstractMethodError(); }
Params:
  • duration – the duration
Returns:the converted duration, or Long.MIN_VALUE if conversion would negatively overflow, or Long.MAX_VALUE if it would positively overflow.
/** * Equivalent to * {@link #convert(long, TimeUnit) MICROSECONDS.convert(duration, this)}. * @param duration the duration * @return the converted duration, * or {@code Long.MIN_VALUE} if conversion would negatively * overflow, or {@code Long.MAX_VALUE} if it would positively overflow. */
public long toMicros(long duration) { throw new AbstractMethodError(); }
Params:
  • duration – the duration
Returns:the converted duration, or Long.MIN_VALUE if conversion would negatively overflow, or Long.MAX_VALUE if it would positively overflow.
/** * Equivalent to * {@link #convert(long, TimeUnit) MILLISECONDS.convert(duration, this)}. * @param duration the duration * @return the converted duration, * or {@code Long.MIN_VALUE} if conversion would negatively * overflow, or {@code Long.MAX_VALUE} if it would positively overflow. */
public long toMillis(long duration) { throw new AbstractMethodError(); }
Params:
  • duration – the duration
Returns:the converted duration, or Long.MIN_VALUE if conversion would negatively overflow, or Long.MAX_VALUE if it would positively overflow.
/** * Equivalent to * {@link #convert(long, TimeUnit) SECONDS.convert(duration, this)}. * @param duration the duration * @return the converted duration, * or {@code Long.MIN_VALUE} if conversion would negatively * overflow, or {@code Long.MAX_VALUE} if it would positively overflow. */
public long toSeconds(long duration) { throw new AbstractMethodError(); }
Params:
  • duration – the duration
Returns:the converted duration, or Long.MIN_VALUE if conversion would negatively overflow, or Long.MAX_VALUE if it would positively overflow.
Since:1.6
/** * Equivalent to * {@link #convert(long, TimeUnit) MINUTES.convert(duration, this)}. * @param duration the duration * @return the converted duration, * or {@code Long.MIN_VALUE} if conversion would negatively * overflow, or {@code Long.MAX_VALUE} if it would positively overflow. * @since 1.6 */
public long toMinutes(long duration) { throw new AbstractMethodError(); }
Params:
  • duration – the duration
Returns:the converted duration, or Long.MIN_VALUE if conversion would negatively overflow, or Long.MAX_VALUE if it would positively overflow.
Since:1.6
/** * Equivalent to * {@link #convert(long, TimeUnit) HOURS.convert(duration, this)}. * @param duration the duration * @return the converted duration, * or {@code Long.MIN_VALUE} if conversion would negatively * overflow, or {@code Long.MAX_VALUE} if it would positively overflow. * @since 1.6 */
public long toHours(long duration) { throw new AbstractMethodError(); }
Params:
  • duration – the duration
Returns:the converted duration
Since:1.6
/** * Equivalent to * {@link #convert(long, TimeUnit) DAYS.convert(duration, this)}. * @param duration the duration * @return the converted duration * @since 1.6 */
public long toDays(long duration) { throw new AbstractMethodError(); }
Utility to compute the excess-nanosecond argument to wait, sleep, join.
Params:
  • d – the duration
  • m – the number of milliseconds
Returns:the number of nanoseconds
/** * Utility to compute the excess-nanosecond argument to wait, * sleep, join. * @param d the duration * @param m the number of milliseconds * @return the number of nanoseconds */
abstract int excessNanos(long d, long m);
Performs a timed Object.wait using this time unit. This is a convenience method that converts timeout arguments into the form required by the Object.wait method.

For example, you could implement a blocking poll method (see BlockingQueue.poll) using:

 
public synchronized Object poll(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
    throws InterruptedException {
  while (empty) {
    unit.timedWait(this, timeout);
    ...
  }
 }
Params:
  • obj – the object to wait on
  • timeout – the maximum time to wait. If less than or equal to zero, do not wait at all.
Throws:
/** * Performs a timed {@link Object#wait(long, int) Object.wait} * using this time unit. * This is a convenience method that converts timeout arguments * into the form required by the {@code Object.wait} method. * * <p>For example, you could implement a blocking {@code poll} * method (see {@link BlockingQueue#poll BlockingQueue.poll}) * using: * * <pre> {@code * public synchronized Object poll(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) * throws InterruptedException { * while (empty) { * unit.timedWait(this, timeout); * ... * } * }}</pre> * * @param obj the object to wait on * @param timeout the maximum time to wait. If less than * or equal to zero, do not wait at all. * @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while waiting */
public void timedWait(Object obj, long timeout) throws InterruptedException { if (timeout > 0) { long ms = toMillis(timeout); int ns = excessNanos(timeout, ms); obj.wait(ms, ns); } }
Performs a timed Thread.join using this time unit. This is a convenience method that converts time arguments into the form required by the Thread.join method.
Params:
  • thread – the thread to wait for
  • timeout – the maximum time to wait. If less than or equal to zero, do not wait at all.
Throws:
/** * Performs a timed {@link Thread#join(long, int) Thread.join} * using this time unit. * This is a convenience method that converts time arguments into the * form required by the {@code Thread.join} method. * * @param thread the thread to wait for * @param timeout the maximum time to wait. If less than * or equal to zero, do not wait at all. * @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while waiting */
public void timedJoin(Thread thread, long timeout) throws InterruptedException { if (timeout > 0) { long ms = toMillis(timeout); int ns = excessNanos(timeout, ms); thread.join(ms, ns); } }
Performs a Thread.sleep using this time unit. This is a convenience method that converts time arguments into the form required by the Thread.sleep method.
Params:
  • timeout – the minimum time to sleep. If less than or equal to zero, do not sleep at all.
Throws:
/** * Performs a {@link Thread#sleep(long, int) Thread.sleep} using * this time unit. * This is a convenience method that converts time arguments into the * form required by the {@code Thread.sleep} method. * * @param timeout the minimum time to sleep. If less than * or equal to zero, do not sleep at all. * @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while sleeping */
public void sleep(long timeout) throws InterruptedException { if (timeout > 0) { long ms = toMillis(timeout); int ns = excessNanos(timeout, ms); Thread.sleep(ms, ns); } } }