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package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.time;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;

/**
 * Provides the {@link LogEvent#getNanoTime() high-resolution time stamp} used in log events.
 * 
 * @since 2.11
 */
public interface NanoClock {
    /**
     * Returns the current value of the running Java Virtual Machine's high-resolution time source, in nanoseconds.
     *
     * @return the current value of the running Java Virtual Machine's high-resolution time source, in nanoseconds
     */
    long nanoTime();
}