Duration¶
Module stability: SOLID
Durations are used throughout the Akka library, wherefore this concept is represented by a special data type, Duration. Values of this type may represent infinite (Duration.Inf, Duration.MinusInf) or finite durations.
Scala¶
In Scala durations are constructable using a mini-DSL and support all expected operations:
import akka.util.duration._ // notice the small d
val fivesec = 5.seconds
val threemillis = 3.millis
val diff = fivesec - threemillis
assert (diff < fivesec)
val fourmillis = threemillis * 4 / 3 // though you cannot write it the other way around
val n = threemillis / (1 millisecond)
Note
You may leave out the dot if the expression is clearly delimited (e.g. within parentheses or in an argument list), but it is recommended to use it if the time unit is the last token on a line, otherwise semi-colon inference might go wrong, depending on what starts the next line.
Java¶
Java provides less syntactic sugar, so you have to spell out the operations as method calls instead:
final Duration fivesec = Duration.create(5, "seconds");
final Duration threemillis = Duration.parse("3 millis");
final Duration diff = fivesec.minus(threemillis);
assert (diff.lt(fivesec));
assert (Duration.Zero().lt(Duration.Inf()));