Timer.hpp

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#ifndef NOMLIB_SDL_TIMER_HEADERS
#define NOMLIB_SDL_TIMER_HEADERS
 
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
#include "nomlib/config.hpp"
 
namespace nom {
 
class Timer
{
  public:
    Timer ( void );
    virtual ~Timer ( void );
 
    void start ( void );
    void stop ( void );

    void restart ( void );
 
    void pause ( void );
    void unpause ( void );
 
    uint32 ticks ( void ) const;
 
    bool started ( void ) const;
    bool paused ( void ) const;
 
    const std::string ticksAsString ( void ) const;
 
    real32 to_seconds() const;

    static uint32 to_milliseconds(real32 seconds);

    static real32 to_seconds(uint32 ticks);
 
  private:
    uint32 elapsed_ticks;

    uint32 paused_ticks;

    bool timer_paused;

    bool timer_started;
};
 
 
} // namespace nom
 
#endif // NOMLIB_SDL_TIMER_HEADERS defined