engine/src/core/com/jme3/system/NanoTimer.java

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package com.jme3.system;

/**
 * <code>NanoTimer</code> is a System.nanoTime implementation of <code>Timer</code>.
 * This is primarily useful for headless applications running on a server.
 * 
 * @author Matthew D. Hicks
 */
public class NanoTimer extends Timer {
    
    private static final long TIMER_RESOLUTION = 1000000000L;
    private static final float INVERSE_TIMER_RESOLUTION = 1f/1000000000L;
    
    private long startTime;
    private long previousTime;
    private float tpf;
    private float fps;
    
    public NanoTimer() {
        startTime = System.nanoTime();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the time in seconds. The timer starts
     * at 0.0 seconds.
     *
     * @return the current time in seconds
     */
    @Override
    public float getTimeInSeconds() {
        return getTime() * INVERSE_TIMER_RESOLUTION;
    }

    public long getTime() {
        return System.nanoTime() - startTime;
    }

    public long getResolution() {
        return TIMER_RESOLUTION;
    }

    public float getFrameRate() {
        return fps;
    }

    public float getTimePerFrame() {
        return tpf;
    }

    public void update() {
        tpf = (getTime() - previousTime) * (1.0f / TIMER_RESOLUTION);
        fps = 1.0f / tpf;
        previousTime = getTime();
    }
    
    public void reset() {
        startTime = System.nanoTime();
        previousTime = getTime();
    }
}