Timer Class Reference

Simple wrapper around the gettimeofday system call for measuring wall clock time of events. More...

#include <Timer.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Timer ()
	Default constructor.
	Timer (const Timer &rhs)
	Copy constructor.
Timer &	operator= (const Timer &rhs)
	Assignment operator.
void	start ()
	Start the timer.
void	stop ()
	Stop the timer.
void	reset ()
	Reset both the start and stop times to zero.
double	getDiffMicroseconds ()
	Get the difference between the start and stop times in microseconds.
double	getDiffMilliseconds ()
	Get the difference between the start and stop times in milliseconds.
double	getDiffSeconds ()
	Get the difference between the start and stop times in seconds.
void	swap ()
	Swap the starting time and ending time of this Timer.
time_t	getLastStopped ()
Private Attributes
timeval	startTime_
	The time this timer was started.
timeval	endTime_
	The time this timer was stopped.

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Detailed Description

Simple wrapper around the gettimeofday system call for measuring wall clock time of events.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Timer::Timer (   )

Default constructor. Creates a Timer object with a start and end time of zero

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Member Function Documentation

double Timer::getDiffMicroseconds (   )

Get the difference between the start and stop times in microseconds. Returns: The number of microseconds that elapsed between starting and stopping this timer

double Timer::getDiffMilliseconds (   )

Get the difference between the start and stop times in milliseconds. Returns: The number of milliseconds that elapsed between starting and stopping this timer

double Timer::getDiffSeconds (   )

Get the difference between the start and stop times in seconds. Returns: The number of seconds that elapsed between starting and stopping this timer

time_t Timer::getLastStopped (   )  [inline]

Returns: The number of seconds since epoch when this timer was last stopped

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• /afs/scl.ameslab.gov/user/samm/fountain/source/common/Timer.h
• /afs/scl.ameslab.gov/user/samm/fountain/source/common/Timer.cpp

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