/* ** j###t ########## #### #### ** j###t ########## #### #### ** j###T "###L J###" ** ######P' ########## ######### ** ######k, ########## T######T ** ####~###L #### ** #### q###L ########## .##### ** #### \###L ########## #####" ** ** $Id$ ** ** Class History ** ** Date Name Description ** ---------|------------|----------------------------------------------- ** 19Aug98 subtle start of recorded history ** */ package key; import java.util.Date; /** * To be implemented by atoms that expect to be * deleted automatically - players, mail & * news, etc, etc. */ public interface Expirable { /** * Returns the expiry date of the atom - after * this date it is not guaranteed to exist - * it isn't necessarily killed right at this * time, though - some expiry's won't be * checked incredibly regularly. * * Returning null is okay. */ public Date expireAt(); /** * Routine to call which actually expires * the atom */ public void expire(); }