de.folt.util
Class Timer

java.lang.Object
  de.folt.util.Timer

public class Timer
extends java.lang.Object

This class implements a timer for measuring the time need for operations. A timer can be started, stopped an continued.

 Timer timer = new Timer();
 timer.start();
 timer.stop();
 timer.continue();
 
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Author:

klemens

Constructor Summary

Timer()
creates a times

Method Summary

void	continueTimer() continueTimer continues a stopped timer
void	endTimer() endTimer sets the end time of timer at the current time.
long	getContinueTime()
long	getDeductTime()
long	getEndTime()
long	getStartTime()
long	getStopTime()
void	setContinueTime(long continueTime)
void	setDeductTime(long deductTime)
void	setEndTime(long endTime)
void	setStartTime(long startTime)
void	setStopTime(long stopTime)
void	startTimer() startTimer starts a timers
void	stopTimer() stopTimer stops a timer
long	timeNeeded() timeNeeded
java.lang.String	timerString(java.lang.String string) timerString returns a formatted timer string: Format produced: str = "Time needed for " + string + " " + timeneeded + " ms (" + seconds + " sec/" + minutes + " min)";
java.lang.String	timerString(java.lang.String string, long iCount) timerString returns a formatted timer string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer()

creates a times

Method Detail

continueTimer

public void continueTimer()

continueTimer continues a stopped timer

endTimer

public void endTimer()

endTimer sets the end time of timer at the current time.

getContinueTime

public long getContinueTime()

Returns:

Returns the continueTime.

getDeductTime

public long getDeductTime()

Returns:

Returns the deductTime.

getEndTime

public long getEndTime()

Returns:

Returns the endTime.

getStartTime

public long getStartTime()

Returns:

Returns the startTime.

getStopTime

public long getStopTime()

Returns:

Returns the stopTime.

setContinueTime

public void setContinueTime(long continueTime)

Parameters:

continueTime - The continueTime to set.

setDeductTime

public void setDeductTime(long deductTime)

Parameters:

deductTime - The deductTime to set.

setEndTime

public void setEndTime(long endTime)

Parameters:

endTime - The endTime to set.

setStartTime

public void setStartTime(long startTime)

Parameters:

startTime - The startTime to set.

setStopTime

public void setStopTime(long stopTime)

Parameters:

stopTime - The stopTime to set.

startTimer

public void startTimer()

startTimer starts a timers

stopTimer

public void stopTimer()

stopTimer stops a timer

timeNeeded

public long timeNeeded()

timeNeeded

Returns:

timerString

public java.lang.String timerString(java.lang.String string)

timerString returns a formatted timer string:
Format produced:

 str = "Time needed for " + string + " " + timeneeded + " ms (" + seconds + " sec/" + minutes + " min)";
 

Parameters:

string - description string to add

Returns:

the formatted timer string:

timerString

public java.lang.String timerString(java.lang.String string,
                                    long iCount)

timerString returns a formatted timer string. The parameter iCount is used to determine the average time a number (iCount) of operations needed per operation (e.g. for determining the average time for loading 1000 MonoLingualObjects from a database.
Format produced:

 str = "Time needed for " + string + " " + timeneeded + " ms (" + seconds + " sec/" + minutes + " min) for " + iCount + " operations. Average was " + average + " ms. ";
 

Parameters:

string - the description string to add

iCount - the number of operations for which the mean operation time should be computed.

Returns:

the formatted timer string