com.sun.j3d.utils.timer
Class J3DTimer

java.lang.Object
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public class J3DTimer

extends java.lang.Object

A High Resolution interval timer. The timer resolution is operating system dependent and can be queried using getTimerResolution(). These methods are not reentrant and should not be called concurrently from multiple threads.

Method Summary

static long	getResolution() Get the nanosecond resolution of the timer
static long	getValue() Get the timer value, in nanoseconds.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getValue

public static long getValue()

Get the timer value, in nanoseconds. The initial value of the timer is OS dependent.

Returns:

The current timer value in nanoseconds.

getResolution

public static long getResolution()

Get the nanosecond resolution of the timer

Returns:

The timer resolution in nanoseconds.