BALL::PreciseTime Class Reference
[Miscellaneous]

#include <BALL/CONCEPT/timeStamp.h>

Public Member Functions
Constructors and Destructors.

	PreciseTime ()
	PreciseTime (const PreciseTime &time)
	PreciseTime (long secs, long usecs)
virtual	~PreciseTime ()
Assignment

void	set (long secs, long usecs)
void	set (const PreciseTime &time)
const PreciseTime &	operator= (const PreciseTime &time)
virtual void	clear ()
Predicates

bool	operator< (const PreciseTime &time) const
bool	operator> (const PreciseTime &time) const
bool	operator== (const PreciseTime &time) const
Storable interface.

void	write (PersistenceManager &pm) const
bool	read (PersistenceManager &pm)
Static Public Attributes
Constants.

static const PreciseTime	ZERO
Protected Attributes
long	secs_
long	usecs_
Accessors

long	getSeconds () const
long	getMicroSeconds () const
static PreciseTime	now ()

Detailed Description

Time class. Used to store a point of time. This class provides a higher precision than Time (below seconds).

: Interface: Storable

Definition at line 37 of file timeStamp.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

BALL::PreciseTime::PreciseTime ( )

Default constructor. Initialize with zero.

BALL::PreciseTime::PreciseTime ( const PreciseTime & time )

Copy constructor

BALL::PreciseTime::PreciseTime	(	long	secs,
		long	usecs
	)

Detailed constructor

virtual BALL::PreciseTime::~PreciseTime ( ) [virtual]

Destructor

Member Function Documentation

virtual void BALL::PreciseTime::clear ( ) [virtual]

Clear method

long BALL::PreciseTime::getMicroSeconds ( ) const

Return the microseconds.

long BALL::PreciseTime::getSeconds ( ) const

Return the seconds since Jan. 1, 1970.

static PreciseTime BALL::PreciseTime::now ( ) [static]

Return the current time.

Returns:: PreciseTime the current time in seconds since Jan. 1, 1970

bool BALL::PreciseTime::operator< ( const PreciseTime & time ) const

Greater than operator.

const PreciseTime& BALL::PreciseTime::operator= ( const PreciseTime & time )

Assignment operator

bool BALL::PreciseTime::operator== ( const PreciseTime & time ) const

Equality operator.

bool BALL::PreciseTime::operator> ( const PreciseTime & time ) const

Lesser than operator.

bool BALL::PreciseTime::read ( PersistenceManager & pm )

Persistent stream reading. This method reads the contents of a PreciseTime object from the persistent stream using the readPrimitive method of the PersistenceManager.

Parameters:

pm

the persistence manager

void BALL::PreciseTime::set ( const PreciseTime & time )

Assignment method

void BALL::PreciseTime::set	(	long	secs,
		long	usecs
	)

Assignment method

void BALL::PreciseTime::write ( PersistenceManager & pm ) const

Persistent stream writing. This method writes the contents of the PreciseTime objects to the persistent stream using the writePrimitive method of the PersistenceManager.

Parameters:

pm

the persistence manager