ClockProvider (Jakarta Validation API 3.1.0)

```
public interface ClockProvider
```
Contract for obtaining the Clock used as the reference for now when validating the @Future and @Past constraints.
The default implementation will return the current system time. Plugging in custom implementations may be useful for instance in batch applications which need to run with a specific logical date, e.g. with yesterday's date when re-running a failed batch job execution.
Implementations must be safe for access from several threads at the same time.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Gunnar Morling, Guillaume Smet

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  java.time.Clock getClock()
  Returns the clock which serves as the reference for now.

- Method Detail
  - getClock
```
java.time.Clock getClock()
```
    Returns the clock which serves as the reference for now.
    
    Returns:
    
    the clock which serves as the reference for now; must not be null