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24            // Author: Mike Brasher (mbrasher@bmc.com)
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29            
30            #ifndef Pegasus_Stopwatch_h
31            #define Pegasus_Stopwatch_h
32            
33            #include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
34            #include <Pegasus/Common/TimeValue.h>
35            #include <Pegasus/Common/System.h>
36            
37            PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
38            
39            /** Stopwatch - A class for measuring elapsed time
40 mike  1.12     Stopwatch is a class for measuring time intervals within the environment. 
41                It is intended to be a developers tool primarily.
42            */
43            class PEGASUS_COMMON_LINKAGE Stopwatch
44            {
45            private:
46                TimeValue _start;
47            
48            public:
49            
50                /**	stopwatch constructor. The constructor creates the object and
51                starts the timer
52                @example Stopwatch time;
53                */
54                Stopwatch();
55            
56                /**	Reset Stopwatch	resets an existing Stopwatch object to the 
57                current time value
58                */
59                void reset();
60            
61 mike  1.12     /**	getElapsed - Get the elapsed time for the defined stopwatch.
62                @return Returns the elapsed time value as a double
63                */
64                double getElapsed() const;
65            
66                /**	printElapsed method gets the current value of the timer and
67                sends it to standardout as a string with the word seconds attached
68                */
69                void printElapsed();
70            };
71            
72            PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END
73            
74            #endif /* Pegasus_Stopwatch_h */