Clock.h

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  File:        Clock.h

  Description: Definition of a platform independent Sleep.
               (This include file is for internal use only.)

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#ifndef AVT_VMBAPI_CLOCK
#define AVT_VMBAPI_CLOCK

namespace AVT {
namespace VmbAPI {

class Clock
{
  public:
    Clock();
    virtual ~Clock();

    virtual void Reset();
    virtual void SetStartTime();
    virtual void SetStartTime( double dStartTime );
    virtual double GetTime() const;

    static double GetAbsTime();

    static void Sleep( double dTime );
    static void SleepMS( unsigned long nTimeMS );
    static void SleepAbs( double dAbsTime );

  protected:
    double m_dStartTime;
};

}} //namespace AVT::VmbAPI

#endif //AVT_VMBAPI_CLOCK