ch.aplu.util

Class HiResTimer

java.lang.Object

ch.aplu.util.BaseTimer

ch.aplu.util.HiResTimer

public class HiResTimer
extends BaseTimer

Timer with high resolution. (Resolution normally better than 1 microseconds.) The timer's accuracy is not garanteed because of multitasking/multithreading of operating system and Java. (All methods (except constructors) call yield() of the current thread unless disabled by special constructor.)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HiResTimer() Construct a HiResTimer object and set its time to zero.
HiResTimer(boolean autostart) Same as HiResTimer(), but the timer starts immediately if autostart is true.
HiResTimer(boolean autostart, boolean yield) Same as HiResTimer(autostart), but most methods calls Thread.yield() automatically, if yield is true.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class ch.aplu.util.BaseTimer

delay, getTime, isRunning, reset, resume, start, stop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HiResTimer

public HiResTimer()

Construct a HiResTimer object and set its time to zero. The timer must be started by calling start().

HiResTimer

public HiResTimer(boolean autostart)

Same as HiResTimer(), but the timer starts immediately if autostart is true.

HiResTimer

public HiResTimer(boolean autostart,
          boolean yield)

Same as HiResTimer(autostart), but most methods calls Thread.yield() automatically, if yield is true. This may give a much better time response when using loops with an empty body like

while ( timer.isRunning() ) {}.