core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/Versioned.java

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 * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.onosproject.store.service;

import org.joda.time.DateTime;

import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;

/**
 * Versioned value.
 *
 * @param <V> value type.
 */
public class Versioned<V> {

    private final V value;
    private final long version;
    private final long creationTime;

    /**
     * Constructs a new versioned value.
     * @param value value
     * @param version version
     * @param creationTime milliseconds of the creation event
     *  from the Java epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
     */
    public Versioned(V value, long version, long creationTime) {
        this.value = value;
        this.version = version;
        this.creationTime = creationTime;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new versioned value.
     * @param value value
     * @param version version
     */
    public Versioned(V value, long version) {
        this(value, version, System.currentTimeMillis());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value.
     *
     * @return value.
     */
    public V value() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the version.
     *
     * @return version
     */
    public long version() {
        return version;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the system time when this version was created.
     * <p>
     * Care should be taken when relying on creationTime to
     * implement any behavior in a distributed setting. Due
     * to the possibility of clock skew it is likely that
     * even creationTimes of causally related versions can be
     * out or order.
     * @return creation time
     */
    public long creationTime() {
        return creationTime;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this)
            .add("value", value)
            .add("version", version)
            .add("creationTime", new DateTime(creationTime))
            .toString();
    }
}