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#ifndef Pegasus_Stopwatch_h
#define Pegasus_Stopwatch_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/TimeValue.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/System.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/Linkage.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/** Stopwatch - A class for measuring elapsed time
    Stopwatch is a class for measuring time intervals within the environment. 
    It is intended to be a developers tool primarily.
*/
class PEGASUS_COMMON_LINKAGE Stopwatch
{
private:
    TimeValue _start;

public:

    /**	stopwatch constructor. The constructor creates the object and
    starts the timer
    @example Stopwatch time;
    */
    Stopwatch();

    /**	Reset Stopwatch	resets an existing Stopwatch object to the 
    current time value
    */
    void reset();

    /**	getElapsed - Get the elapsed time for the defined stopwatch.
    @return Returns the elapsed time value as a double
    */
    double getElapsed() const;

    /**	printElapsed method gets the current value of the timer and
    sends it to standardout as a string with the word seconds attached
    */
    void printElapsed();
};

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_Stopwatch_h */