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Timer Class Reference

#include <Timer.h>

Collaboration diagram for Timer:

[legend]List of all members.

Public Methods
	Timer (std::ostream &aOut, const std::string &desc)
void	show ()
virtual	~Timer ()
void	set_counter (size_t aCount, const std::string &count_desc)
Private Methods
size_t	uptime ()
void	indent ()
Private Attributes
time_t	start
std::string	description
std::ostream &	out
size_t	counter
std::string	count_description
Static Private Attributes
int	timer_counter = 0

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Detailed Description

A simple timer class (just working with seconds)

Definition at line 44 of file Timer.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Timer (  std::ostream &    aOut, const std::string &    desc )  [inline]

start timer Timer prints its info when it is destroyed. So all you have to do is declare a timer in an appropriate block. Parameters: aOut  where to print timer info desc  description printed with timer Definition at line 74 of file Timer.h.

virtual ~Timer (    )  [inline, virtual]

Definition at line 102 of file Timer.h.

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Member Function Documentation

size_t uptime (    )  [inline, private]

Definition at line 53 of file Timer.h. Referenced by Timer::show().

void indent (    )  [inline, private]

Definition at line 59 of file Timer.h. Referenced by Timer::show(), and Timer::Timer().

void show (    )  [inline]

Definition at line 88 of file Timer.h. Referenced by Timer::~Timer().

void set_counter (  size_t    aCount, const std::string &    count_desc )  [inline]

set a counter for a timer if you are timing single actions and for example do a loop over 10000 single actions you should set the counter to 10000. If you do the mean time for a single action is calculated. Parameters: aCount  number of single actions count_desc  description of single actions Definition at line 116 of file Timer.h.

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Member Data Documentation

time_t start [private]

Definition at line 46 of file Timer.h. Referenced by Timer::Timer(), and Timer::uptime().

std::string description [private]

Definition at line 47 of file Timer.h. Referenced by Timer::show(), and Timer::Timer().

std::ostream& out [private]

Definition at line 48 of file Timer.h. Referenced by Timer::indent(), Timer::show(), and Timer::Timer().

size_t counter [private]

Definition at line 49 of file Timer.h. Referenced by Timer::set_counter(), Timer::show(), and Timer::Timer().

std::string count_description [private]

Definition at line 50 of file Timer.h. Referenced by Timer::set_counter(), Timer::show(), and Timer::Timer().

int timer_counter = 0 [static, private]

Definition at line 24 of file Timer.cpp. Referenced by Timer::indent(), Timer::Timer(), and Timer::~Timer().

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

• Timer.h
• Timer.cpp

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