abstractmodule Cassandra::TimestampGenerator

A generator is used to create client-timestamps (in the form of long integers) to send with C* requests when the :client_timestamps cluster option is set to true.

Abstract
A timestamp generator given to cluster doesn’t need to include this module, but needs to implement the same methods. This module exists only for documentation purposes.

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Create a new timestamp, as a 64-bit integer. Calls must return monotonically increasing values.

Returns:
Type Details
Integer an integer representing a timestamp in microseconds.
Raises:
Type Details
NotImplementedError if a class including this module does not define this method.