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+/* Copyright (C) 2014 J.F.Dockes
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CHRONO_H_INCLUDED_
+#define _CHRONO_H_INCLUDED_
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+/** Easy interface to measuring time intervals */
+class Chrono {
+public:
+    /** Initialize, setting the origin time */
+    Chrono();
+
+    /** Re-store current time and return mS since init or last call */
+    long restart();
+    /** Re-store current time and return uS since init or last call */
+    long urestart();
+
+    /** Snapshot current time to static storage */
+    static void refnow();
+
+    /** Return interval value in various units.
+     *
+     * If frozen is set this gives the time since the last refnow call
+     * (this is to allow for using one actual system call to get
+       values from many chrono objects, like when examining timeouts
+       in a queue
+     */
+    long long nanos(bool frozen = false);
+    long micros(bool frozen = false);
+    long millis(bool frozen = false);
+    float secs(bool frozen = false);
+
+    /** Return the absolute value of the current origin */
+    long long amicros() const;
+
+    struct TimeSpec {
+        time_t tv_sec; /* Time in seconds */
+        long   tv_nsec; /* And nanoseconds (< 10E9) */
+    };
+
+private:
+    TimeSpec m_orig;
+    static TimeSpec o_now;
+};
+
+#endif /* _CHRONO_H_INCLUDED_ */