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/*
 * GNetWatch
 * Copyright 2006, 2007 Alexandre Fenyo
 * gnetwatch@fenyo.net
 *
 * This file is part of GNetWatch.
 *
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package net.fenyo.gnetwatch.data;

import net.fenyo.gnetwatch.*;
import net.fenyo.gnetwatch.targets.*;

import java.util.*;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * This base class for every events stores the date of the event.
 * @author Alexandre Fenyo
 * @version $Id: EventGeneric.java,v 1.9 2007/03/09 22:44:20 fenyo Exp $
 */

public abstract class EventGeneric {
  private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(EventGeneric.class);

  private final Date date;

  /**
   * Constructor.
   * @param date date of creation.
   */
  protected EventGeneric(final Date date) {
    this.date = date;
  }

  /**
   * Constructor.
   * @param none.
   */
  // Queue thread
  public EventGeneric() {
    this.date = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
  }

  /**
   * Returns an integer representation of the performance counter associated whith this event.
   * @param events every event.
   * @param idx index of this event.
   * @return int performance counter.
   */
  public int getIntValue(final java.util.List<EventGeneric> events, final int idx) {
    return -1;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the date of creation of this event.
   * @param none.
   * @return Date date of creation.
   */
  // AWT & Queue thread
  public Date getDate() {
    return date;
  }
}