Timing and Clocks

josuFramework provides a unified way to handle time through clocks and global time tracking.

Time

The Time class provides static access to the current frame’s timing information. This is updated automatically by the Game loop.

• Time.Current: The total time elapsed since the game started, in milliseconds.

• Time.Elapsed: The time elapsed since the last frame, in milliseconds.

@Override
public void Update() {
    super.Update();

    // Move an object based on elapsed time for frame-rate independence
    float movement = (float)(speed * Time.Elapsed);
    this.x += movement;
}

IClock

The IClock interface defines a basic contract for any component that provides a time source.

public interface IClock {
    double getCurrentTime();
}

Specialized clocks (like those used in audio tracks or animations) implement this interface to provide their own time reference, allowing components to be synchronized to different time sources.