public final class KosUtil {
    // Private constructor, as this is a utility class:
    private KosUtil();
    //--- Time and Sleep ---
    // Returns the current actual time (in msec); same as System.currentTimeMillis():
    public static long currentTimeMs();
    // Returns the current mono time (monotonically increasing, in msec):
    public static long currentMonoMs();
    // Shorthand access to scheduler.sleep(), which allows for sleeping without the need to handle interrupts:
    public static void sleep(long ms);
    //--- JSON handling ---
    // Returns the shared JSON (Jackson) object mapper:
    public static ObjectMapper getMapper();
    // Returns the shared JSON writer cache:
    public static JsonWriterCache getWriters();  // [discussed on its own page]
    //--- Executing and scheduling runnables ---
    // Returns the system component that provides access to standard thread pools:
    public static Scheduler getScheduler();      // [discussed on its own page]
    // Shorthand access to scheduler.execute(), which runs a short duration task in a worker thread:
    public static void execute(Runnable runnable);
    // Shorthand access to scheduler.scheduleCallback(), which schedules a Runnable
    //  that is executed "delay" number of msec in the future:
    public static ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleCallback(Runnable command, long delay);
}