JFlex
Class Timer

java.lang.Object
  JFlex.Timer

public class Timer
extends java.lang.Object

Very simple timer for code generation time statistics. Not very exact, measures user time, not processor time.

Version:

JFlex 1.4.1, $Revision: 2.3 $, $Date: 2004/11/06 23:03:32 $

Author:

Gerwin Klein

Constructor Summary

Timer()
Construct a new timer that starts immediatly.

Method Summary

long	diff() Return the number of milliseconds the timer has been running.
void	start() Start the timer.
void	stop() Stop the timer.
java.lang.String	toString() Return a string representation of the timer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer()

Construct a new timer that starts immediatly.

Method Detail

start

public void start()

Start the timer. If it is already running, the old start time is lost.

stop

public void stop()

Stop the timer.

diff

public long diff()

Return the number of milliseconds the timer has been running. (up till now, if it still runs, up to the stop time if it has been stopped)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a string representation of the timer.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string displaying the diff-time in readable format (h m s ms)

See Also:

diff()