hultig.util
Class CronoSensor

java.lang.Object
  hultig.util.CronoSensor

public class CronoSensor
extends Object

A time sensor for counting execution times

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2006

Company: UBI - HULTIG

Field Summary

static byte	DAYS Define the type "day"
static byte	HOURS Define the type "hour"
static byte	MINUTES Define the type "minutes"
static byte	MSECONDS Define the type "milliseconds".
static byte	SECONDS Define the type "seconds"

Constructor Summary

CronoSensor()
Create current object and set time zero - start time

Method Summary

long	dt() Get the elapsed time since the chronometer was set to time zero.
double	dt(byte type) Get the elapsed time since the chronometer was set to time zero.
String	dts() The time in a string format
static String	nowStamp() Return a string with the current date-time stamp, for example: 20100320171545.
void	set() Reset the chronometer to time zero for subsequente time measuring.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MSECONDS

public static byte MSECONDS

Define the type "milliseconds".

SECONDS

public static byte SECONDS

Define the type "seconds"

MINUTES

public static byte MINUTES

Define the type "minutes"

HOURS

public static byte HOURS

Define the type "hour"

DAYS

public static byte DAYS

Define the type "day"

Constructor Detail

CronoSensor

public CronoSensor()

Create current object and set time zero - start time

Method Detail

set

public void set()

Reset the chronometer to time zero for subsequente time measuring.

dt

public long dt()

Get the elapsed time since the chronometer was set to time zero.

dt

public double dt(byte type)

Get the elapsed time since the chronometer was set to time zero.

Parameters:

type - One of the types defined previously: SECONDS, MINUTES, etc.

Returns:

The elapsed time since the chronometer was set to time zero, according to the correct interpretation or type.

dts

public String dts()

The time in a string format

nowStamp

public static String nowStamp()

Return a string with the current date-time stamp, for example: 20100320171545. The time precision is in the order of a second.

Returns:

String with current time stamp.