/*
 * aTunes
 * Copyright (C) Alex Aranda, Sylvain Gaudard and contributors
 *
 * See http://www.atunes.org/wiki/index.php?title=Contributing for information about contributors
 *
 * http://www.atunes.org
 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/atunes
 *
 * 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.
 */

package net.sourceforge.atunes.utils;

/**
 * This class is used to track times Just do:
 * 
 * Timer.start()
 * 
 * <Put here code you want to track time>
 * 
 * double time = Timer.stop()
 */
public class Timer {

    /** Initial time. */
    private long t0;

    /**
     * Starts timer.
     */
    public void start() {
        t0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
    }

    /**
     * Ends timer, returning time elapsed in seconds.
     * 
     * @return the double
     */
    public double stop() {
        return (System.currentTimeMillis() - t0) / 1000.0;
    }
}
