Interface ITimestampGenerator

Represents client-side, microsecond-precision query timestamps.

Given that Apache Cassandra uses those timestamps to resolve conflicts, implementations should generate monotonically increasing timestamps for successive invocations of Next().

Namespace: Dse

Assembly: Dse.dll

Syntax

public interface ITimestampGenerator

Methods

Next()

Returns the next timestamp in microseconds since UNIX epoch.

Implementers should enforce increasing monotonic timestamps, that is, a timestamp returned should always be strictly greater that any previously returned timestamp.

Implementers should strive to achieve microsecond precision in the best possible way, which is usually largely dependent on the underlying operating system's capabilities.

Declaration

long Next()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int64	The next timestamp (in microseconds). When returning System.Int64.MinValue, the driver will not set the timestamp, letting Apache Cassandra generate a server-side timestamp.