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/*   rambrain - a dynamical physical memory extender
 *   Copyright (C) 2015 M. Imgrund, A. Arth
 *   mimgrund (at) mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
 *   arth (at) usm.uni-muenchen.de
 *
 *   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 3 of the License, or
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 *
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 */

#ifndef TIMER_H
#define TIMER_H

#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/signal.h>

namespace rambrain
{

class Timer
{

public:

    static void startTimer ( long seconds, long nanoseconds );
    static void stopTimer();

    static inline bool isRunning() {
        return running;
    }

private:
    Timer();

    static void initialiseTimer();

    static timer_t timerid;
    static struct sigevent sev;
    static struct itimerspec its;

    static bool initialised, running;

};

}

#endif // TIMER_H