org.openimaj.time

Class Timer

java.lang.Object

org.openimaj.time.Timer

public class Timer
extends Object

Timer instances let you track time from start to end of some process. The time granularity is in milliseconds.

Author:

Sina Samangooei (ss@ecs.soton.ac.uk), Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Timer() Create a timer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	duration() Get the duration of the timer in milliseconds.
void	start() Start the timer
void	stop() Stop the timer
static Timer	timer()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer()

Create a timer. The timer will not start unit start() is called.

Method Detail

timer

public static Timer timer()

Returns:

instantiate and start a new Timer instance.

duration

public long duration()

Get the duration of the timer in milliseconds. If the timer has been stopped then this is how long the timer ran for. If the timer is still running, then this is the time between it starting and now.

Returns:

the duration of the timer in milliseconds

start

public void start()

Start the timer

stop

public void stop()

Stop the timer