org.eclipse.compare
Interface IModificationDate

All Known Implementing Classes:

HistoryItem, ResourceNode

public interface IModificationDate

Common interface for objects with a modification date. The modification date can be used in the UI to give the user a general idea of how old an object is.

Clients may implement this interface.

Method Summary

long	getModificationDate() Returns the modification time of this object.

Method Detail

getModificationDate

public long getModificationDate()

Returns the modification time of this object.

Note that this value should only be used to give the user a general idea of how old the object is.

Returns:

the time of last modification, in milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT