// include/Timer.cc
// This file is part of libpbe; see http://svn.chezphil.org/libpbe/
// (C) 2007 Philip Endecott

// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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//
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// A Timer.
// Constructor takes a period (a double, in seconds), and the expired() method indicates 
// whether that much time has elapsed since construction.


#ifndef pbe_Timer_hh
#define pbe_Timer_hh

#include "HPtime.hh"


namespace pbe {

class Timer {

private:
  HPtime end_time;

public:
  Timer(double dt):
    end_time(HPtime::now() + dt)
  {}

  bool expired() {
    return end_time<HPtime::now();
  }
};


};


#endif