Base class for timers. More...

Inheritance diagram for TimerBase:

Public Types
enum	Unit { SECONDS = 0 , MILLISECONDS , MICROSECONDS , NANOSECONDS }
	Unit of measure. More...

Public Member Functions
	TimerBase (Unit unit, bool stuckAtZero)
	Construct a TimerBase. More...

virtual TimerWord	GetCurrentTimerValue ()=0
	Retrieve the current timer value. More...

virtual TimerWord	TicksPerSecond ()=0
	Retrieve ticks per second. More...

void	StartTimer ()
	Start the timer.

double	ElapsedTimeAsDouble ()
	Retrieve the elapsed time. More...

unsigned long	ElapsedTime ()
	Retrieve the elapsed time. More...

Detailed Description

Base class for timers.

See also: ThreadUserTimer, Timer

Definition at line 27 of file hrtimer.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ Unit

enum TimerBase::Unit

Unit of measure.

Unit selects the unit of measure as returned by functions ElapsedTimeAsDouble() and ElapsedTime().

See also: ElapsedTimeAsDouble, ElapsedTime

Enumerator
SECONDS	Timer unit is seconds. All timers support seconds
MILLISECONDS	Timer unit is milliseconds. All timers support milliseconds
MICROSECONDS	Timer unit is microseconds. The timer requires hardware support microseconds
NANOSECONDS	Timer unit is nanoseconds. The timer requires hardware support nanoseconds

Definition at line 34 of file hrtimer.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ TimerBase()

TimerBase::TimerBase	(	Unit	unit,
		bool	stuckAtZero
	)

inline

Construct a TimerBase.

Parameters

unit	the unit of measure
stuckAtZero	flag

Definition at line 52 of file hrtimer.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ GetCurrentTimerValue()

virtual TimerWord TimerBase::GetCurrentTimerValue ( )

pure virtual

Retrieve the current timer value.

Returns: the current timer value

Implemented in Timer, and ThreadUserTimer.

◆ TicksPerSecond()

virtual TimerWord TimerBase::TicksPerSecond ( )

pure virtual

Retrieve ticks per second.

Returns: ticks per second

TicksPerSecond() is not the timer resolution. It is a conversion factor into seconds.

Implemented in Timer, and ThreadUserTimer.

◆ ElapsedTimeAsDouble()

double TimerBase::ElapsedTimeAsDouble ( )

Retrieve the elapsed time.

Returns: the elapsed time as a double

The return value of ElapsedTimeAsDouble() depends upon the Unit selected during construction of the timer. For example, if Unit = SECONDS and ElapsedTimeAsDouble() returns 3, then the timer has run for 3 seconds. If Unit = MILLISECONDS and ElapsedTimeAsDouble() returns 3000, then the timer has run for 3 seconds.

See also: Unit, ElapsedTime

◆ ElapsedTime()

unsigned long TimerBase::ElapsedTime ( )