Timer (Apache JMeter dist API)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.jmeter.timers, interface: Timer

Package org.apache.jmeter.timers

# Interface Timer

All Superinterfaces:
  `Serializable`

All Known Subinterfaces:
  `ModifiableTimer`

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `BeanShellTimer`, `BSFTimer`, `ConstantThroughputTimer`, `ConstantTimer`, `GaussianRandomTimer`, `JSR223Timer`, `PoissonRandomTimer`, `PreciseThroughputTimer`, `RandomTimer`, `SyncTimer`, `UniformRandomTimer`

public interface Timer extends Serializable
This interface defines those methods that must be implemented by timer plugins.

- ## Method Summary

  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.
  `default boolean`
  `isModifiable()`

- ## Method Details

  - ### delay

    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.
    Returns:
      the computed delay value.

  - ### isModifiable

    default boolean isModifiable()
    Returns:
      true if factor can be applied to it