clock.hpp

/*
    Copyright (c) 2007-2011 iMatix Corporation
    Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Other contributors as noted in the AUTHORS file

    This file is part of 0MQ.

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*/

#ifndef __ZMQ_CLOCK_HPP_INCLUDED__
#define __ZMQ_CLOCK_HPP_INCLUDED__

#include "stdint.hpp"

namespace zmq
{

    class clock_t
    {
    public:

        clock_t ();
        ~clock_t ();

        //  CPU's timestamp counter. Returns 0 if it's not available.
        static uint64_t rdtsc ();

        //  High precision timestamp.
        static uint64_t now_us ();

        //  Low precision timestamp. In tight loops generating it can be
        //  10 to 100 times faster than the high precision timestamp.
        uint64_t now_ms ();

    private:

        //  TSC timestamp of when last time measurement was made.
        uint64_t last_tsc;

        //  Physical time corresponding to the TSC above (in milliseconds).
        uint64_t last_time;

        clock_t (const clock_t&);
        const clock_t &operator = (const clock_t&);
    };

}

#endif