nl.liacs.timeseries.main

Class Timer

java.lang.Object

nl.liacs.timeseries.main.Timer

public class Timer
extends java.lang.Object

Timer class for all event timings.

This class does not keep an active time progression count of any kind. Instead it just logs when the class instance is created. Each subsequent call to getElapsedTime() returns the number of nanoseconds that have passed since the creation of the class instance.

Author:

Marvin Meeng Last updated 11.07.2012

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Timer() Constructs a Timer.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getElapsedTime() Returns the number of nanoseconds that have passed since the creation of the Timer.
java.lang.String	getElapsedTimeString() Returns a formatted String holding the number of minutes, seconds and milliseconds that have passed since the creation of the Timer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer()

Constructs a Timer.

Method Detail

getElapsedTime

public long getElapsedTime()

Returns the number of nanoseconds that have passed since the creation of the Timer.

Returns:

A long holding the elapsed time in nanoseconds.

getElapsedTimeString

public java.lang.String getElapsedTimeString()

Returns a formatted String holding the number of minutes, seconds and milliseconds that have passed since the creation of the Timer.

Returns:

A formatted String holding the elapsed time.