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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package android.util;
     18 
     19 import android.annotation.UnsupportedAppUsage;
     20 
     21 /**
     22  * Interface that provides trusted time information, possibly coming from an NTP
     23  * server. Implementations may cache answers until {@link #forceRefresh()}.
     24  *
     25  * @hide
     26  */
     27 public interface TrustedTime {
     28     /**
     29      * Force update with an external trusted time source, returning {@code true}
     30      * when successful.
     31      */
     32     @UnsupportedAppUsage
     33     public boolean forceRefresh();
     34 
     35     /**
     36      * Check if this instance has cached a response from a trusted time source.
     37      */
     38     @UnsupportedAppUsage
     39     public boolean hasCache();
     40 
     41     /**
     42      * Return time since last trusted time source contact, or
     43      * {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} if never contacted.
     44      */
     45     @UnsupportedAppUsage
     46     public long getCacheAge();
     47 
     48     /**
     49      * Return certainty of cached trusted time in milliseconds, or
     50      * {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} if never contacted. Smaller values are more
     51      * precise.
     52      */
     53     public long getCacheCertainty();
     54 
     55     /**
     56      * Return current time similar to {@link System#currentTimeMillis()},
     57      * possibly using a cached authoritative time source.
     58      */
     59     @UnsupportedAppUsage
     60     public long currentTimeMillis();
     61 }
     62