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Class
    Foam::clockTime

Description
    Starts timing (using rtc) and returns elapsed time from start.
    Better resolution (2uSec instead of ~20mSec) than cpuTime.

SourceFiles
    clockTime.C

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#ifndef clockTime_H
#define clockTime_H

#include <sys/types.h>

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namespace Foam
{

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                          Class clockTime Declaration
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class clockTime
{
    // Private data

        //- Time structure used
        typedef struct timeval timeType;

        timeType startTime_;

        mutable timeType lastTime_;
        mutable timeType newTime_;

    // Private Member Functions

        //- Retrieve the current time values from the system
        static void getTime(timeType&);

        //- Difference between two times
        static double timeDifference(const timeType& beg, const timeType& end);


public:

    // Constructors

        //- Construct with the current clock time
        clockTime();


    // Member Functions

        //- Return time (in seconds) from the start
        double elapsedTime() const;

        //- Return time (in seconds) since last call to timeIncrement()
        double timeIncrement() const;
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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