things.common.tools
Class StopWatch

java.lang.Object
  things.common.tools.StopWatch

public class StopWatch
extends java.lang.Object

A simple stopwatch.

Version:

1.0

Version History

EPG - Initial - 18 AUG 05
 

Author:

Erich P. Gatejen

Constructor Summary

StopWatch()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

void	start() Restart the stopwatch.
void	stop() Stop the watch.
long	time() Get the time in milliseconds since the watch was started.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StopWatch

public StopWatch()

Default constructor. It will start the stopwatch running. (Don't worry--no CPU us used.)

Method Detail

start

public void start()

Restart the stopwatch.

time

public long time()

Get the time in milliseconds since the watch was started. It does not stop watch from running.

Returns:

the time

stop

public void stop()

Stop the watch. All subsiquent calls to time will yield this moment in time, until start is called again.