A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
Allow Object.wait(long) to return a long value. Doing so will permit the developer to determine whether or not the return from the wait was from a notify() call by some other thread or by the wait's timeout. Wait(long) will return a long value greater than 0 when a notify() has occured. It will return a 0 when the wait has timed out.

JUSTIFICATION :
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EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
long l;
while (true) {
   //...
   l = wait(60000);
   if (l > 0) {
       // wait timed out
       break;
   }
    // notify occured
}

// exit gracefully
ACTUAL -
        long then;
        long now;
while (true) {
   //...
   then = (new java.util.Date()).getTime();
   wait(decay);
   now = (new java.util.Date()).getTime();
   if (now - then - decay >= 0) {
       break; // exit gracefully
   }
    // notify occured
}

// exit gracefully

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
see above
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