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diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qelapsedtimer.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qelapsedtimer.cpp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..28dfc23 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/corelib/tools/qelapsedtimer.cpp @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ +/**************************************************************************** +** +** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). +** All rights reserved. +** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com) +** +** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit. +** +** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$ +** No Commercial Usage +** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed. +** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions +** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying +** this package. +** +** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage +** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser +** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software +** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the +** packaging of this file. 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Its API is similar to that of QTime, + so code that was using that can be ported quickly to the new class. + + However, unlike QTime, QElapsedTimer tries to use monotonic clocks if + possible. This means it's not possible to convert QElapsedTimer objects + to a human-readable time. + + The typical use-case for the class is to determine how much time was + spent in a slow operation. The simplest example of such a case is for + debugging purposes, as in the following example: + + \snippet doc/src/snippets/qelapsedtimer/main.cpp 0 + + In this example, the timer is started by a call to start() and the + elapsed timer is calculated by the elapsed() function. + + The time elapsed can also be used to recalculate the time available for + another operation, after the first one is complete. This is useful when + the execution must complete within a certain time period, but several + steps are needed. The \tt{waitFor}-type functions in QIODevice and its + subclasses are good examples of such need. In that case, the code could + be as follows: + + \snippet doc/src/snippets/qelapsedtimer/main.cpp 1 + + Another use-case is to execute a certain operation for a specific + timeslice. For this, QElapsedTimer provides the hasExpired() convenience + function, which can be used to determine if a certain number of + milliseconds has already elapsed: + + \snippet doc/src/snippets/qelapsedtimer/main.cpp 1 + + \section1 Reference clocks + + QElapsedTimer will use the platform's monotonic reference clock in all + platforms that support it (see QElapsedTimer::isMonotonic()). This has + the added benefit that QElapsedTimer is immune to time adjustments, such + as the user correcting the time. Also unlike QTime, QElapsedTimer is + immune to changes in the timezone settings, such as daylight savings + periods. + + On the other hand, this means QElapsedTimer values can only be compared + with other values that use the same reference. This is especially true if + the time since the reference is extracted from the QElapsedTimer object + (QElapsedTimer::msecsSinceReference()) and serialised. These values + should never be exchanged across the network or saved to disk, since + there's no telling whether the computer node receiving the data is the + same as the one originating it or if it has rebooted since. + + It is, however, possible to exchange the value with other processes + running on the same machine, provided that they also use the same + reference clock. QElapsedTimer will always use the same clock, so it's + safe to compare with the value coming from another process in the same + machine. If comparing to values produced by other APIs, you should check + that the clock used is the same as QElapsedTimer (see + QElapsedTimer::clockType()). + + \section2 32-bit overflows + + Some of the clocks that QElapsedTimer have a limited range and may + overflow after hitting the upper limit (usually 32-bit). QElapsedTimer + deals with this overflow issue and presents a consistent timing. However, + when extracting the time since reference from QElapsedTimer, two + different processes in the same machine may have different understanding + of how much time has actually elapsed. + + The information on which clocks types may overflow and how to remedy that + issue is documented along with the clock types. + + \sa QTime, QTimer +*/ + +/*! + \enum QElapsedTimer::ClockType + + This enum contains the different clock types that QElapsedTimer may use. + + QElapsedTimer will always use the same clock type in a particular + machine, so this value will not change during the lifetime of a program. + It is provided so that QElapsedTimer can be used with other non-Qt + implementations, to guarantee that the same reference clock is being + used. + + \value SystemTime The human-readable system time. This clock is not monotonic. + \value MonotonicClock The system's monotonic clock, usually found in Unix systems. This clock is not monotonic and does not overflow. + \value TickCounter The system's tick counter, used on Windows and Symbian systems. This clock may overflow. + \value MachAbsoluteTime The Mach kernel's absolute time (Mac OS X). This clock is monotonic and does not overflow. + + \section2 SystemTime + + The system time clock is purely the real time, expressed in milliseconds + since Jan 1, 1970 at 0:00 UTC. It's equivalent to the value returned by + the C and POSIX \tt{time} function, with the milliseconds added. This + clock type is currently only used on Unix systems that do not support + monotonic clocks (see below). + + This is the only non-monotonic clock that QElapsedTimer may use. + + \section2 MonotonicClock + + This is the system's monotonic clock, expressed in milliseconds since an + arbitrary point in the past. This clock type is used on Unix systems + which support POSIX monotonic clocks (\tt{_POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK}). + + This clock does not overflow. + + \section2 TickCounter + + The tick counter clock type is based on the system's or the processor's + tick counter, multiplied by the duration of a tick. This clock type is + used on Windows and Symbian platforms. + + The TickCounter clock type is the only clock type that may overflow. + Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 support the extended 64-bit tick + counter, which allows avoiding the overflow. + + On Windows systems, the clock overflows after 2^32 milliseconds, which + corresponds to roughly 49.7 days. This means two processes's reckoning of + the time since the reference may be different by multiples of 2^32 + milliseconds. When comparing such values, it's recommended that the high + 32 bits of the millisecond count be masked off. + + On Symbian systems, the overflow happens after 2^32 ticks, the duration + of which can be obtained from the platform HAL using the constant + HAL::ENanoTickPeriod. When comparing values between processes, it's + necessary to divide the value by the tick duration and mask off the high + 32 bits. + + \section2 MachAbsoluteTime + + This clock type is based on the absolute time presented by Mach kernels, + such as that found on Mac OS X. This clock type is presented separately + from MonotonicClock since Mac OS X is also a Unix system and may support + a POSIX monotonic clock with values differing from the Mach absolute + time. + + This clock is monotonic and does not overflow. + + \sa clockType(), isMonotonic() +*/ + +/*! + \fn bool QElapsedTimer::operator ==(const QElapsedTimer &other) const + + Returns true if this object and \a other contain the same time. +*/ + +/*! + \fn bool QElapsedTimer::operator !=(const QElapsedTimer &other) const + + Returns true if this object and \a other contain different times. +*/ + +static const qint64 invalidData = Q_INT64_C(0x8000000000000000); + +/*! + Marks this QElapsedTimer object as invalid. + + An invalid object can be checked with isValid(). Calculations of timer + elapsed since invalid data are undefined and will likely produce bizarre + results. + + \sa isValid(), start(), restart() +*/ +void QElapsedTimer::invalidate() +{ + t1 = t2 = invalidData; +} + +/*! + Returns true if this object was invalidated by a call to invalidate() and + has not been restarted since. + + \sa invalidate(), start(), restart() +*/ +bool QElapsedTimer::isValid() const +{ + return t1 != invalidData && t2 != invalidData; +} + +/*! + Returns true if this QElapsedTimer has already expired by \a timeout + milliseconds (that is, more than \a timeout milliseconds have elapsed). + The value of \a timeout can be -1 to indicate that this timer does not + expire, in which case this function will always return false. + + \sa elapsed() +*/ +bool QElapsedTimer::hasExpired(qint64 timeout) const +{ + // if timeout is -1, quint64(timeout) is LLINT_MAX, so this will be + // considered as never expired + return quint64(elapsed()) > quint64(timeout); +} + +QT_END_NAMESPACE |