Clock.h

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Marc Boris Duerner
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
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 * software library without restriction. Specifically, if other files
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 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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 */
 
#ifndef PT_SYSTEM_CLOCK_H
#define PT_SYSTEM_CLOCK_H
 
#include <Pt/System/Api.h>
#include <Pt/DateTime.h>
#include <Pt/Timespan.h>
#include <Pt/NonCopyable.h>
 
namespace Pt {
 
namespace System {

class PT_SYSTEM_API Clock : private NonCopyable
{
    public:
        Clock();

        ~Clock();

        void start();

        Timespan stop();

        static DateTime getSystemTime();

        static DateTime getLocalTime();

        static Timespan getSystemTicks();
 
    private:
        class ClockImpl *_impl;
};
 
} // namespace Pt
 
} // namespace System
 
#endif // PT_SYSTEM_CLOCK_H