001/*
002 * Units of Measurement Reference Implementation
003 * Copyright (c) 2005-2017, Jean-Marie Dautelle, Werner Keil, V2COM.
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030package tec.units.ri.spi;
031
032import javax.measure.Quantity;
033
034import tec.uom.lib.common.function.QuantitySupplier;
035
036/**
037 *
038 * A Measurement contains a {@link Quantity} and a timestamp.
039 * 
040 * <p>
041 * A {@code Measurement} object is used for maintaining the tuple of quantity and timestamp. The value is represented as {@linkplain Quantity} and the
042 * timestamp as <type>long</type>.
043 * <p>
044 * 
045 * @see {@link QuantitySupplier}
046 * @author werner
047 * @version 1.0
048 * @since 1.0
049 * @param <Q>
050 */
051public interface Measurement<Q extends Quantity<Q>> extends QuantitySupplier<Q>, Comparable<Measurement<Q>> {
052
053  /**
054   * Returns the timestamp of this {@link Measurement}.
055   * 
056   * @return a timestamp.
057   */
058  long getTimestamp();
059}