Scala example source code file (AbstractTimer.scala)

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The Scala AbstractTimer.scala source code

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package scala.tools.util

import compat.Platform.currentTime
import scala.collection.mutable.Stack

/**
 * This abstract class implements the collection of timings. How the
 * collected timings are issued has to be implemented in subclasses.
 *
 * @author Philippe Altherr
 * @version 1.0
 */
abstract class AbstractTimer {

  //########################################################################
  // Private Fields

  /** A stack for maintaining start times */
  private val starts = new Stack[Long]()

  //########################################################################
  // Public Methods

  /** Issues a timing information (duration in milliseconds). */
  def issue(message: String, duration: Long): Unit

  /** Starts a new timer. */
  def start() {
    starts push currentTime
  }

  /** Ends the current timer. */
  def stop(message: String) {
    val stop = currentTime
    issue(message, stop - starts.pop)
  }

  /** Drops the current timer. */
  def drop() {
    starts.pop
  }

    //########################################################################
}