src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/monitoring/ApproximateTime.java

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package org.apache.cassandra.db.monitoring;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.ScheduledExecutors;
import org.apache.cassandra.config.Config;

/**
 * This is an approximation of System.currentTimeInMillis(). It updates its
 * time value at periodic intervals of CHECK_INTERVAL_MS milliseconds
 * (currently 10 milliseconds by default). It can be used as a faster alternative
 * to System.currentTimeInMillis() every time an imprecision of a few milliseconds
 * can be accepted.
 */
public class ApproximateTime
{
    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ApproximateTime.class);
    private static final int CHECK_INTERVAL_MS = Math.max(5, Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty(Config.PROPERTY_PREFIX + "approximate_time_precision_ms", "10")));

    private static volatile long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
    static
    {
        logger.info("Scheduling approximate time-check task with a precision of {} milliseconds", CHECK_INTERVAL_MS);
        ScheduledExecutors.scheduledFastTasks.scheduleWithFixedDelay(() -> time = System.currentTimeMillis(),
                                                                     CHECK_INTERVAL_MS,
                                                                     CHECK_INTERVAL_MS,
                                                                     TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
    }

    public static long currentTimeMillis()
    {
        return time;
    }

    public static long precision()
    {
        return 2 * CHECK_INTERVAL_MS;
    }

}