JFlex

Class 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.

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.
String
toString()
Return a string representation of the timer.

Constructor Details

Timer

public Timer()
Construct a new timer that starts immediatly.

Method Details

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)

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.

toString

public String toString()
Return a string representation of the timer.
Returns:
a string displaying the diff-time in readable format (h m s ms)