org.ka2ddo.ax25

Interface MessageWithExpireTime

public interface MessageWithExpireTime

This interface extends a AX25Message subclass so it can indicate when the message should expire. Only messages in protocols that explicitly specify an expiration time should implement this.

Since:

PROVIDER_API_VERSION == 47

Author:

Andrew Pavlin, KA2DDO

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getExpirationTime() Return the time the AX25Message sub-class's message should expire.

Method Detail

getExpirationTime

long getExpirationTime()

Return the time the AX25Message sub-class's message should expire. Time is in milliseconds since epoch, same as from System.currentTimeMillis().

Returns:

expiration time of message in milliseconds since epoch, or -1L if expiration time unknown