Clock (Metrics Core 4.2.9 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.codahale.metrics.Clock

Direct Known Subclasses:

Clock.UserTimeClock
```
public abstract class Clock
extends Object
```
An abstraction for how time passes. It is passed to Timer to track timing.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class Clock.UserTimeClock
A clock implementation which returns the current time in epoch nanoseconds.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Clock()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Clock`	`defaultClock()`	The default clock to use.
`abstract long`	`getTick()`	Returns the current time tick.
`long`	`getTime()`	Returns the current time in milliseconds.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Clock
```
public Clock()
```
- Method Detail
  - getTick
```
public abstract long getTick()
```
    Returns the current time tick.
    
    Returns:
    
    time tick in nanoseconds
  - getTime
```
public long getTime()
```
    Returns the current time in milliseconds.
    
    Returns:
    
    time in milliseconds
  - defaultClock
```
public static Clock defaultClock()
```
    The default clock to use.
    
    Returns:
    
    the default Clock instance
    
    See Also:
    
    Clock.UserTimeClock