geronimo-transaction/src/main/java/org/apache/geronimo/transaction/manager/TransactionTimer.java

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package org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager;

/**
 * TODO improve shutdown
 *
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public class TransactionTimer {
    private static volatile long currentTime;

    private static class CurrentTime extends Thread {
        protected CurrentTime() {
            currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            setContextClassLoader(null);
        }

        public void run() {
            for (; ;) {
                currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(1000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    // Ignore exception
                }
            }
        }
    }

    static {
        CurrentTime tm = new CurrentTime();
        tm.setDaemon(true);
        tm.start();
    }

    public static long getCurrentTime() {
        return currentTime;
    }

}