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6 * The Java Pathfinder core (jpf-core) platform is licensed under the
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18 package gov.nasa.jpf.vm;
21 * interface that encapsulates the mechanism to obtain values for
23 * System.getCurrentTimeMillis()
26 * calls. Implementors should guarantee the invariant that time values are
27 * strictly increasing along any given path, but don't have to backtrack
28 * time values in order to achieve uniform time increments along all paths.
30 * Note that implementations have to avoid creating state leaks, i.e.
31 * the respective time value storage should not contribute to the state space
32 * hashing. If it has to be backtrackable, it either has to be stored on the
33 * native side, or marked as @FilterField
35 public interface TimeModel {
37 public long currentTimeMillis();
38 public long nanoTime();