Timer (Apache JMeter API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BeanShellTimer, BSFTimer, ConstantThroughputTimer, ConstantTimer, GaussianRandomTimer, JSR223Timer, PoissonRandomTimer, RandomTimer, SyncTimer, UniformRandomTimer
```
public interface Timer
extends Serializable
```
This interface defines those methods that must be implemented by timer plugins.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`delay()`	This method is called after a sampling process is done to know how much time the sampling thread has to wait until sampling again.

- Method Detail
  - delay
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long delay()
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    This method is called after a sampling process is done to know how much time the sampling thread has to wait until sampling again.
    
    Returns:
    
    the computed delay value.