From e04f56ce4f9945c303fd9057b60b4145b1a902b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ray <ray@6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:49:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Patch from Charlie Groves:   Convenience method to schedule a
 non-recurring Interval at a specific time.

git-svn-id: https://samskivert.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2342 6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c
---
 src/java/com/samskivert/util/Interval.java | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Interval.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Interval.java
index 8062187f..fa656c8e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Interval.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/Interval.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 package com.samskivert.util;
 
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 
@@ -77,6 +78,15 @@ public abstract class Interval
      */
     public abstract void expired ();
 
+    /**
+     * Schedules this interval to execute once at <code>when</code>. Supersedes any previous
+     * schedule that this Interval may have had.
+     */
+    public final void schedule (Date when)
+    {
+        schedule(when.getTime() - System.currentTimeMillis());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Schedule the interval to execute once, after the specified delay.  Supersedes any previous
      * schedule that this Interval may have had.