com.simsilica.ethereal

Interface SynchedTimeSource

All Superinterfaces:

TimeSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteTimeSource

public interface SynchedTimeSource
extends TimeSource

A time source that represents time that has been synched with another time source relative to local system time. It has methods that indicate the amount of drift, offset, etc. that maps local system time to TimeSource time.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getDrift() Returns the current drift if there is one.
long	getOffset() Returns the current time offset for this TimeSource.
void	setOffset(long offset) Sets a time that will be automatically added into the normally returned time.

Methods inherited from interface com.simsilica.ethereal.TimeSource

getTime

Method Detail

getDrift

long getDrift()

Returns the current drift if there is one. In a remote time source, the drift is the offset from current time and is related in a loose way to both the ping time of the server and the general time difference of the server.

setOffset

void setOffset(long offset)

Sets a time that will be automatically added into the normally returned time. This allows getTime() to return time in the past for interpolating object state buffers.

getOffset

long getOffset()

Returns the current time offset for this TimeSource.