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## java.util.concurrent
Interface Delayed

All Superinterfaces:
  Comparable<Delayed>

All Known Subinterfaces:
  RunnableScheduledFuture<V>, ScheduledFuture<V>

    public interface Delayed

extends Comparable<Delayed>

A mix-in style interface for marking objects that should be acted upon after a given delay.

An implementation of this interface must define a `compareTo` method that provides an ordering consistent with its `getDelay` method.

Since:
  1.5

Method Summary
`long` | `getDelay(TimeUnit unit)` Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
`compareTo`

Method Detail

### getDelay

    long getDelay(TimeUnit unit)

  Returns the remaining delay associated with this object, in the given time unit.

  Parameters:
    `unit` - the time unit
  Returns:
    the remaining delay; zero or negative values indicate that the delay has already elapsed

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