/*
 * Profiling.cs - Implementation of the "DotGNU.Misc.Profiling" class.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2003  Southern Storm Software, Pty Ltd.
 *
 * 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.
 *
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 * along with this program, if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

namespace DotGNU.Misc
{

using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

/// <summary>
/// Methods for controlling the DotGNU enhanced profiler.
/// </summary>
public sealed class Profiling
{
	/// <summary>
	/// This class cannot be instantiated.
	/// </summary>
	private Profiling() {}

	/// <summary>
	/// Start collecting profiling data if profiling is supported.
	/// </summary>
	[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
        extern public static void StartProfiling();
	
	/// <summary>
	/// Stop collecting profiling data if profiling is supported.
	/// </summary>
	[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
        extern public static void StopProfiling();
	
	/// <summary>
	/// Returns whether the profiler is currently collecting data.
	/// </summary>
	[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
        extern public static bool IsProfilingEnabled();
	
	/// <summary>
	/// Returns whether the enhanced profiler is supported.
	/// </summary>
	[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
        extern public static bool IsProfilingSupported();
}; // class Profiling

}; // namespace DotGNU.Misc
