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Interface StopWatch

public interface StopWatch

Used for timing the execution of a code segment.

See Also:

StopWatchSource

Method Summary

long	getResolution() The error expected in the measured elapsed time; meaning, the actual elapsed time is somewhere in the range of the measured elapsed time plus-or-minus this value.
void	start() Starts timing.
long	stop() Stops timing and returns the elapsed time in nanoseconds (10-9 seconds).

Method Detail

start

public void start()

Starts timing.

stop

public long stop()

Stops timing and returns the elapsed time in nanoseconds (10^-9 seconds).

Returns:

The duration since start() was called.

getResolution

public long getResolution()

The error expected in the measured elapsed time; meaning, the actual elapsed time is somewhere in the range of the measured elapsed time plus-or-minus this value.

Returns:

Error expected in measured elapsed time in nanoseconds (10^-9 seconds).