timer.h

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#ifndef VCL_BASE_TIMER_H
#define VCL_BASE_TIMER_H
 
#include <chrono>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
namespace vcl {
 
class Timer
{
    std::string mCaption   = "Timer";
    bool        mIsStopped = false;
 
    std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point mBegin, mEnd;
 
public:
    Timer(bool _start = true)
    {
        if (_start)
            start();
    }
 
    Timer(const char* caption, bool _start = true) : mCaption(caption)
    {
        if (_start)
            start();
    }
 
    Timer(const std::string& caption, bool _start = true) : mCaption(caption)
    {
        if (_start)
            start();
    }
 
    void start()
    {
        mBegin     = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
        mIsStopped = false;
    }
 
    void stopAndPrint()
    {
        stop();
        print();
    }
 
    void stop()
    {
        mEnd       = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
        mIsStopped = true;
    }
 
    void print() const
    {
        double secs = delay();
        int    mins = (int) secs / 60;
        if (mins == 0)
            std::cout << "[" << secs << " secs]\t" << mCaption << std::endl;
        else {
            secs      = secs - mins * 60;
            int hours = mins / 60;
            if (hours == 0)
                std::cout << "[" << mins << " mins; " << secs << " secs]\t"
                          << mCaption << std::endl;
            else {
                mins = mins - hours * 60;
                std::cout << "[" << hours << " hours; " << mins << " mins; "
                          << secs << " secs]\t" << mCaption << std::endl;
            }
        }
    }
 
    double delay() const
    {
        double secs;
        if (mIsStopped) {
            secs =
                (double) (std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(
                              mEnd - mBegin)
                              .count()) /
                1000000;
        }
        else {
            std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point s =
                std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
            secs =
                (double) (std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(
                              s - mBegin)
                              .count()) /
                1000000;
        }
        return secs;
    }
 
    void setCaption(const std::string& caption) { mCaption = caption; }
};
 
} // namespace vcl
 
#endif // VCL_BASE_TIMER_H