Detailed Time Model
As discussed in Chapter 7, the JMF employs a layered approach to its representation of time. At the low-level end of the time model are classes for representing time to nanosecond accuracy. At the high-level end of the model, the JMF sees controllers as being in one of a number of states that are transitioned between under program control.
Low-Level Time: Time and TimeBase Classes
Two classes, Time and SystemTimeBase, and one interface, TimeBase, detail the JMF's low-level model of time.
At the bottom of the hierarchy and also perhaps the most fundamental is the Time class. A Time object represents a particular instant in time to one nanosecond accuracy. Figure 8.3 shows the Time class's constructors and public methods.
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