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 * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
 * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at
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package java.util.concurrent;

/**
 * A mix-in style interface for marking objects that should be
 * acted upon after a given delay.
 *
 * <p>An implementation of this interface must define a
 * {@code compareTo} method that provides an ordering consistent with
 * its {@code getDelay} method.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @author Doug Lea
 */
public interface Delayed extends Comparable<Delayed> {

 /**
 * Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the
 * given time unit.
 *
 * @param unit the time unit
 * @return the remaining delay; zero or negative values indicate
 * that the delay has already elapsed
 */
 long getDelay(TimeUnit unit);
}