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Interface key.Expirable

public interface Expirable
To be implemented by atoms that expect to be deleted automatically - players, mail & news, etc, etc.

Method Index

o expire()
Routine to call which actually expires the atom
o expireAt()
Returns the expiry date of the atom - after this date it is not guaranteed to exist - it isn't necessarily killed right at this time, though - some expiry's won't be checked incredibly regularly.

Methods

o expireAt 
 public abstract Date expireAt()
Returns the expiry date of the atom - after this date it is not guaranteed to exist - it isn't necessarily killed right at this time, though - some expiry's won't be checked incredibly regularly. Returning null is okay.

o expire 
 public abstract void expire()
Routine to call which actually expires the atom 

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