core.time
Class VSLamportTime

java.lang.Object
  core.time.VSLamportTime

All Implemented Interfaces:

VSTime

public class VSLamportTime
extends java.lang.Object
implements VSTime

The class VSLamportTime, defines how the lamport timestamps are represented.

Author:

Paul C. Buetow

Constructor Summary

VSLamportTime(long globalTime, long lamportTime)
A simple constructor.

Method Summary

long	getGlobalTime() Gets the global time.
long	getLamportTime() Gets the lamport time.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

VSLamportTime

public VSLamportTime(long globalTime,
                     long lamportTime)

A simple constructor.

Parameters:

globalTime - The global time.

lamportTime - The local lamport time.

Method Detail

getGlobalTime

public long getGlobalTime()

Description copied from interface: VSTime

Gets the global time.

Specified by:

getGlobalTime in interface VSTime

Returns:

The global time

getLamportTime

public long getLamportTime()

Gets the lamport time.

Returns:

The process' local lamport time

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Description copied from interface: VSTime

Returns a string representation.

Specified by:

toString in interface VSTime

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

The representation of the implementing object as a string