dotnet/src/webdriver/Support/IClock.cs

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using System;

namespace OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI;

/// <summary>
/// An interface describing time handling functions for timeouts.
/// </summary>
public interface IClock
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the current date and time values.
    /// </summary>
    DateTime Now { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the <see cref="DateTime"/> at a specified offset in the future.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="delay">The offset to use.</param>
    /// <returns>The <see cref="DateTime"/> at the specified offset in the future.</returns>
    DateTime LaterBy(TimeSpan delay);

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets a value indicating whether the current date and time is before the specified date and time.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="otherDateTime">The date and time values to compare the current date and time values to.</param>
    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the current date and time is before the specified date and time; otherwise, <see langword="false"/>.</returns>
    bool IsNowBefore(DateTime otherDateTime);
}