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15: package com.metaboss.enterprise.spi;
16:
17: import java.util.Date;
18:
19: /** Interface to the Enterprise Time Services Provider.
20: * Provides time and date related services. Ideally enterprise should have a single source of time.
21: * The enteprise specific implementation of this interface should use whatever the particular enteprise architecture has. */
22: public interface EnterpriseTimeServicesProvider {
23: /** Naming URL of the component */
24: public static final String COMPONENT_URL = "component:/com.metaboss.enterprise.spi.EnterpriseTimeServicesProvider";
25:
26: /** Returns current enterprise time as java.util.Date() object */
27: public Date getCurrentTime();
28:
29: /** Returns current enterprise time in milliseconds */
30: public long getCurrentTimeMillis();
31: }
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