jbnc.util
Class Timer

java.lang.Object
  jbnc.util.Timer

public class Timer

extends java.lang.Object

Measures time intervals in milliseconds.

Since:

June 1, 1999

Author:

Jarek Sacha, jarek@computer.org

Field Summary

protected long	tStart
protected long	tStop

Constructor Summary

Timer()
Creates and start the timer.

Method Summary

long	getTimeMillis() Returns time elapsed in milliseconds
void	println(java.lang.String prefix) Prints the current elapsed time to the standard output.
void	restart() Starts the timer.
void	stop() Stops the timer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

tStart

protected long tStart

tStop

protected long tStop

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer()

Creates and start the timer.

Method Detail

getTimeMillis

public long getTimeMillis()

Returns time elapsed in milliseconds

Returns:

The TimeMillis value

restart

public void restart()

Starts the timer.

stop

public void stop()

Stops the timer.

println

public void println(java.lang.String prefix)

Prints the current elapsed time to the standard output. String "ms." is printed after the time value.

Parameters:

prefix - String printed in front of the time message.