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  This is the documentation for the Scala standard library.

  This is the documentation for the Scala standard library.

  #### Package structure

  The scala package contains core types like `Int`, `Float`, `Array` or `Option` which are accessible in all Scala compilation units without explicit qualification or imports.

  Notable packages include:

  - `scala.collection` and its sub-packages contain Scala's collections framework
    - `scala.collection.immutable` - Immutable, sequential data-structures such as `Vector`, `List`, `Range`, `HashMap` or `HashSet`
    - `scala.collection.mutable` - Mutable, sequential data-structures such as `ArrayBuffer`, `StringBuilder`, `HashMap` or `HashSet`
    - `scala.collection.concurrent` - Mutable, concurrent data-structures such as `TrieMap`
    - `scala.collection.parallel.immutable` - Immutable, parallel data-structures such as `ParVector`, `ParRange`, `ParHashMap` or `ParHashSet`
    - `scala.collection.parallel.mutable` - Mutable, parallel data-structures such as `ParArray`, `ParHashMap`, `ParTrieMap` or `ParHashSet`
  - `scala.concurrent` - Primitives for concurrent programming such as `Futures` and `Promises`
  - `scala.io` - Input and output operations
  - `scala.math` - Basic math functions and additional numeric types like `BigInt` and `BigDecimal`
  - `scala.sys` - Interaction with other processes and the operating system
  - `scala.util.matching` - Regular expressions

  Other packages exist. See the complete list on the right.

  Additional parts of the standard library are shipped as separate libraries. These include:

  - `scala.reflect` - Scala's reflection API (scala-reflect.jar)
  - `scala.xml` - XML parsing, manipulation, and serialization (scala-xml.jar)
  - `scala.swing` - A convenient wrapper around Java's GUI framework called Swing (scala-swing.jar)
  - `scala.util.parsing` - Parser combinators (scala-parser-combinators.jar)

  #### Automatic imports

  Identifiers in the scala package and the `scala.Predef` object are always in scope by default.

  Some of these identifiers are type aliases provided as shortcuts to commonly used classes. For example, `List` is an alias for `scala.collection.immutable.List`.

  Other aliases refer to classes provided by the underlying platform. For example, on the JVM, `String` is an alias for `java.lang.String`.

  Definition Classes
    root
-  package scala

  Core Scala types.

  Core Scala types. They are always available without an explicit import.

  Definition Classes
    root
-  package concurrent

  This package object contains primitives for concurrent and parallel programming.

  This package object contains primitives for concurrent and parallel programming.

  #### Guide

  A more detailed guide to Futures and Promises, including discussion and examples can be found at http://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/core/futures.html.

  #### Common Imports

  When working with Futures, you will often find that importing the whole concurrent package is convenient:

      import scala.concurrent._

  When using things like `Future`s, it is often required to have an implicit `ExecutionContext` in scope. The general advice for these implicits are as follows.

  If the code in question is a class or method definition, and no `ExecutionContext` is available, request one from the caller by adding an implicit parameter list:

      def myMethod(myParam: MyType)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext) = …
      //Or
      class MyClass(myParam: MyType)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext) { … }

  This allows the caller of the method, or creator of the instance of the class, to decide which `ExecutionContext` should be used.

  For typical REPL usage and experimentation, importing the global `ExecutionContext` is often desired.

      import scala.concurrent.ExcutionContext.Implicits.global

  #### Specifying Durations

  Operations often require a duration to be specified. A duration DSL is available to make defining these easier:

      import scala.concurrent.duration._
      val d: Duration = 10.seconds

  #### Using Futures For Non-blocking Computation

  Basic use of futures is easy with the factory method on Future, which executes a provided function asynchronously, handing you back a future result of that function without blocking the current thread. In order to create the Future you will need either an implicit or explicit ExecutionContext to be provided:

      import scala.concurrent._
      import ExecutionContext.Implicits.global  // implicit execution context

      val firstZebra: Future[Int] = Future {
        val source = scala.io.Source.fromFile("/etc/dictionaries-common/words")
        source.toSeq.indexOfSlice("zebra")
      }

  #### Avoid Blocking

  Although blocking is possible in order to await results (with a mandatory timeout duration):

      import scala.concurrent.duration._
      Await.result(firstZebra, 10.seconds)

  and although this is sometimes necessary to do, in particular for testing purposes, blocking in general is discouraged when working with Futures and concurrency in order to avoid potential deadlocks and improve performance. Instead, use callbacks or combinators to remain in the future domain:

      val animalRange: Future[Int] = for {
        aardvark <- firstAardvark
        zebra <- firstZebra
      } yield zebra - aardvark

      animalRange.onSuccess {
        case x if x > 500000 => println("It's a long way from Aardvark to Zebra")
      }

  Definition Classes
    scala
-  package duration
  Definition Classes
    concurrent
- Deadline
- DoubleMult
- Duration
- DurationConversions
- DurationDouble
- DurationInt
- DurationLong
- FiniteDuration
- IntMult
- LongMult
- fromNow
- span

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scala.concurrent.duration

# Duration 

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Companion class Duration

#### object Duration extends Serializable

Source
  Duration.scala

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### Type Members

1.  sealed abstract class Infinite extends Duration

### Value Members

1.  final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

   Test two objects for inequality.

   Test two objects for inequality.

   returns

     `true` if !(this == that), false otherwise.

   Definition Classes
     AnyRef → Any
2.  final def ##(): Int

   Equivalent to `x.hashCode` except for boxed numeric types and `null`.

   Equivalent to `x.hashCode` except for boxed numeric types and `null`. For numerics, it returns a hash value which is consistent with value equality: if two value type instances compare as true, then ## will produce the same hash value for each of them. For `null` returns a hashcode where `null.hashCode` throws a `NullPointerException`.

   returns

     a hash value consistent with ==

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     AnyRef → Any
3.  final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

   The expression `x == that` is equivalent to `if (x eq null) that eq null else x.equals(that)`.

   The expression `x == that` is equivalent to `if (x eq null) that eq null else x.equals(that)`.

   returns

     `true` if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; `false` otherwise.

   Definition Classes
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4.  val Inf: Infinite

   Infinite duration: greater than any other (apart from Undefined) and not equal to any other but itself.

   Infinite duration: greater than any other (apart from Undefined) and not equal to any other but itself. This value closely corresponds to Double.PositiveInfinity, matching its semantics in arithmetic operations.

5.  val MinusInf: Infinite

   Infinite duration: less than any other and not equal to any other but itself.

   Infinite duration: less than any other and not equal to any other but itself. This value closely corresponds to Double.NegativeInfinity, matching its semantics in arithmetic operations.

6.  val Undefined: Infinite

   The Undefined value corresponds closely to Double.NaN:

   The Undefined value corresponds closely to Double.NaN:

   - it is the result of otherwise invalid operations
   - it does not equal itself (according to `equals()`)
   - it compares greater than any other Duration apart from itself (for which `compare` returns 0)

   The particular comparison semantics mirror those of Double.NaN.

   Use `eq` when checking an input of a method against this value.

7.  val Zero: FiniteDuration

   Preconstructed value of `0.days`.

8.  def apply(s: String): Duration

   Parse String into Duration.

   Parse String into Duration. Format is `"<length><unit>"`, where whitespace is allowed before, between and after the parts. Infinities are designated by `"Inf"`, `"PlusInf"`, `"+Inf"` and `"-Inf"` or `"MinusInf"`.

   Exceptions thrown

     `NumberFormatException` if format is not parsable

9.  def apply(length: Long, unit: String): FiniteDuration

   Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit, where the latter is looked up in a list of string representation.

   Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit, where the latter is looked up in a list of string representation. Valid choices are:

   `d, day, h, hour, min, minute, s, sec, second, ms, milli, millisecond, µs, micro, microsecond, ns, nano, nanosecond` and their pluralized forms (for every but the first mentioned form of each unit, i.e. no "ds", but "days").

10.  def apply(length: Long, unit: TimeUnit): FiniteDuration

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit.

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit. The unit given is retained throughout calculations as long as possible, so that it can be retrieved later.

11.  def apply(length: Double, unit: TimeUnit): Duration

    Construct a Duration from the given length and unit.

    Construct a Duration from the given length and unit. Observe that nanosecond precision may be lost if

    - the unit is NANOSECONDS
    - and the length has an absolute value greater than 2^53

    Infinite inputs (and NaN) are converted into Duration.Inf, Duration.MinusInf and Duration.Undefined, respectively.

    Exceptions thrown

      `IllegalArgumentException` if the length was finite but the resulting duration cannot be expressed as a FiniteDuration

12.  final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

    Cast the receiver object to be of type `T0`.

    Cast the receiver object to be of type `T0`.

    Note that the success of a cast at runtime is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression `1.asInstanceOf[String]` will throw a `ClassCastException` at runtime, while the expression `List(1).asInstanceOf[List[String]]` will not. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the requested type.

    returns

      the receiver object.

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      Any
    Exceptions thrown

      `ClassCastException` if the receiver object is not an instance of the erasure of type `T0`.

13.  def clone(): AnyRef

    Create a copy of the receiver object.

    Create a copy of the receiver object.

    The default implementation of the `clone` method is platform dependent.

    returns

      a copy of the receiver object.

    Attributes
      protected[java.lang]
    Definition Classes
      AnyRef
    Annotations
      @throws( ... )
    Note

      not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

14.  def create(s: String): Duration

    Parse String into Duration.

    Parse String into Duration. Format is `"<length><unit>"`, where whitespace is allowed before, between and after the parts. Infinities are designated by `"Inf"`, `"PlusInf"`, `"+Inf"` and `"-Inf"` or `"MinusInf"`.

    Exceptions thrown

      `NumberFormatException` if format is not parsable

15.  def create(length: Long, unit: String): FiniteDuration

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit, where the latter is looked up in a list of string representation.

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit, where the latter is looked up in a list of string representation. Valid choices are:

    `d, day, h, hour, min, minute, s, sec, second, ms, milli, millisecond, µs, micro, microsecond, ns, nano, nanosecond` and their pluralized forms (for every but the first mentioned form of each unit, i.e. no "ds", but "days").

16.  def create(length: Double, unit: TimeUnit): Duration

    Construct a Duration from the given length and unit.

    Construct a Duration from the given length and unit. Observe that nanosecond precision may be lost if

    - the unit is NANOSECONDS
    - and the length has an absolute value greater than 2^53

    Infinite inputs (and NaN) are converted into Duration.Inf, Duration.MinusInf and Duration.Undefined, respectively.

    Exceptions thrown

      `IllegalArgumentException` if the length was finite but the resulting duration cannot be expressed as a FiniteDuration

17.  def create(length: Long, unit: TimeUnit): FiniteDuration

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit.

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit. The unit given is retained throughout calculations as long as possible, so that it can be retrieved later.

18.  final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

    Tests whether the argument (`that`) is a reference to the receiver object (`this`).

    Tests whether the argument (`that`) is a reference to the receiver object (`this`).

    The `eq` method implements an equivalence relation on non-null instances of `AnyRef`, and has three additional properties:

    - It is consistent: for any non-null instances `x` and `y` of type `AnyRef`, multiple invocations of `x.eq(y)` consistently returns `true` or consistently returns `false`.
    - For any non-null instance `x` of type `AnyRef`, `x.eq(null)` and `null.eq(x)` returns `false`.
    - `null.eq(null)` returns `true`.

    When overriding the `equals` or `hashCode` methods, it is important to ensure that their behavior is consistent with reference equality. Therefore, if two objects are references to each other (`o1 eq o2`), they should be equal to each other (`o1 == o2`) and they should hash to the same value (`o1.hashCode == o2.hashCode`).

    returns

      `true` if the argument is a reference to the receiver object; `false` otherwise.

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      AnyRef
19.  def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

    The equality method for reference types.

    The equality method for reference types. Default implementation delegates to `eq`.

    See also `equals` in scala.Any.

    returns

      `true` if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; `false` otherwise.

    Definition Classes
      AnyRef → Any
20.  def finalize(): Unit

    Called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when there are no more references to the object.

    Called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when there are no more references to the object.

    The details of when and if the `finalize` method is invoked, as well as the interaction between `finalize` and non-local returns and exceptions, are all platform dependent.

    Attributes
      protected[java.lang]
    Definition Classes
      AnyRef
    Annotations
      @throws( classOf[java.lang.Throwable] )
    Note

      not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

21.  def fromNanos(nanos: Long): FiniteDuration

    Construct a finite duration from the given number of nanoseconds.

    Construct a finite duration from the given number of nanoseconds. The result will have the coarsest possible time unit which can exactly express this duration.

    Exceptions thrown

      `IllegalArgumentException` for `Long.MinValue` since that would lead to inconsistent behavior afterwards (cannot be negated)

22.  def fromNanos(nanos: Double): Duration

    Construct a possibly infinite or undefined Duration from the given number of nanoseconds.

    Construct a possibly infinite or undefined Duration from the given number of nanoseconds.

    - `Double.PositiveInfinity` is mapped to Duration.Inf
    - `Double.NegativeInfinity` is mapped to Duration.MinusInf
    - `Double.NaN` is mapped to Duration.Undefined
    - `-0d` is mapped to Duration.Zero (exactly like `0d`)

    The semantics of the resulting Duration objects matches the semantics of their Double counterparts with respect to arithmetic operations.

    Exceptions thrown

      `IllegalArgumentException` if the length was finite but the resulting duration cannot be expressed as a FiniteDuration

23.  final def getClass(): Class[_]

    Returns the runtime class representation of the object.

    Returns the runtime class representation of the object.

    returns

      a class object corresponding to the runtime type of the receiver.

    Definition Classes
      AnyRef → Any
24.  def hashCode(): Int

    The hashCode method for reference types.

    The hashCode method for reference types. See hashCode in scala.Any.

    returns

      the hash code value for this object.

    Definition Classes
      AnyRef → Any
25.  final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

    Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is `T0`.

    Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is `T0`.

    Note that the result of the test is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression `1.isInstanceOf[String]` will return `false`, while the expression `List(1).isInstanceOf[List[String]]` will return `true`. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the specified type.

    returns

      `true` if the receiver object is an instance of erasure of type `T0`; `false` otherwise.

    Definition Classes
      Any
26.  final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

    Equivalent to `!(this eq that)`.

    Equivalent to `!(this eq that)`.

    returns

      `true` if the argument is not a reference to the receiver object; `false` otherwise.

    Definition Classes
      AnyRef
27.  final def notify(): Unit

    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Definition Classes
      AnyRef
    Note

      not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

28.  final def notifyAll(): Unit

    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Definition Classes
      AnyRef
    Note

      not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

29.  final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0
    Definition Classes
      AnyRef
30.  val timeUnit: Map[String, TimeUnit]
    Attributes
      protected[scala.concurrent.duration]
31.  val timeUnitName: Map[TimeUnit, String]
    Attributes
      protected[scala.concurrent.duration]
32.  def toString(): String

    Creates a String representation of this object.

    Creates a String representation of this object. The default representation is platform dependent. On the java platform it is the concatenation of the class name, "@", and the object's hashcode in hexadecimal.

    returns

      a String representation of the object.

    Definition Classes
      AnyRef → Any
33.  def unapply(d: Duration): Option[(Long, TimeUnit)]

    Extract length and time unit out of a duration, if it is finite.

34.  def unapply(s: String): Option[(Long, TimeUnit)]

    Extract length and time unit out of a string, where the format must match the description for apply(String).

    Extract length and time unit out of a string, where the format must match the description for apply(String). The extractor will not match for malformed strings or non-finite durations.

35.  final def wait(): Unit
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    Annotations
      @throws( ... )
36.  final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit
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    Annotations
      @throws( ... )
37.  final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit
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    Annotations
      @throws( ... )
38.  implicit object DurationIsOrdered extends Ordering[Duration]

    The natural ordering of durations matches the natural ordering for Double, including non-finite values.

### Inherited from Serializable

### Inherited from java.io.Serializable

### Inherited from AnyRef

### Inherited from Any

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