SingularityViewer/indra/llcommon/llframetimer.h

/** 
 * @file llframetimer.h
 * @brief A lightweight timer that measures seconds and is only
 * updated once per frame.
 *
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#ifndef LL_LLFRAMETIMER_H
#define LL_LLFRAMETIMER_H

/**
 * *NOTE: Because of limitations on linux which we do not really have
 * time to explore, the total time is derived from the frame time
 * and is resynchronized on every frame.
 */

#include "lltimer.h"
#include "timing.h"

class LL_COMMON_API LLFrameTimer
{
public:
	// Create an LLFrameTimer and start it. After creation it is running and in the state expired (hasExpired will return true).
	LLFrameTimer(void) : mStartTime(sFrameTime), mExpiry(0), mRunning(true), mPaused(false) { }

	// Return the number of seconds since the start of the application.
	static F64 getElapsedSeconds()
	{
		// Loses msec precision after ~4.5 hours...
		return sFrameTime;
	} 

	// Return a low precision usec since epoch.
	static U64 getTotalTime()
	{
		llassert(sTotalTime);
		return sTotalTime;
	}

	// Return a low precision seconds since epoch.
	static F64 getTotalSeconds()
	{
		return sTotalSeconds;
	}

	// Call this method once per frame to update the current frame time.
	// This is actually called at some other times as well.
	static void updateFrameTime();

	// Call this method once, and only once, per frame to update the current frame count and sFrameDeltaTime.
	static void updateFrameTimeAndCount();

	// Return current frame number (the number of frames since application start).
	static U32 getFrameCount() { return sFrameCount; }

	// Return duration of last frame in seconds.
	static F32 getFrameDeltaTimeF32();

	// Return seconds since the current frame started
	static F32 getCurrentFrameTime();

	// MANIPULATORS

	void reset(F32 expiration = 0.f);				// Same as start() but leaves mRunning off when called after stop().
	void start(F32 expiration = 0.f);				// Reset and (re)start with expiration.
	void stop();									// Stop running.

	void pause();									// Mark elapsed time so far.
	void unpause();									// Move 'start' time in order to decrement time between pause and unpause from ElapsedTime.

	void setTimerExpirySec(F32 expiration);
	void setExpiryAt(F64 seconds_since_epoch);
	bool checkExpirationAndReset(F32 expiration);	// Returns true when expired. Only resets if expired.
	F32 getElapsedTimeAndResetF32() 				{ F32 t = getElapsedTimeF32(); reset(); return t; }
	void setAge(const F64 age)						{ llassert(!mPaused); mStartTime = sFrameTime - age; }

	// ACCESSORS
	bool hasExpired() const							{ return sFrameTime >= mExpiry; }
	F32  getElapsedTimeF32() const					{ llassert(mRunning); return mPaused ? (F32)mStartTime : (F32)(sFrameTime - mStartTime); }
	bool getStarted() const							{ return mRunning; }

	// return the seconds since epoch when this timer will expire.
	F64 expiresAt() const;

protected:	
	// A single, high resolution timer that drives all LLFrameTimers
	// *NOTE: no longer used.
	//static LLTimer sInternalTimer;		

	//
	// Aplication constants
	//

	// Application start in microseconds since epoch.
	static U64 const sStartTotalTime;	

	// 
	// Data updated per frame
	//

	// Current time in seconds since application start, updated together with sTotalTime.
	static F64 sFrameTime;

	// Microseconds between last two calls to updateFrameTimeAndCount (time between last two frames).
	static U64 sFrameDeltaTime;

	// Current time in microseconds since epoch, updated at least once per frame.
	static U64 sTotalTime;			

	// Previous (frame) time in microseconds since epoch, updated once per frame.
	static U64 sPrevTotalTime;

	// Current time in seconds since epoch, updated together with sTotalTime.
	static F64 sTotalSeconds;

	// Current frame number (number of frames since application start).
	static S32 sFrameCount;

	//
	// Member data
	//

	// When not paused (mPaused is false): number of seconds since application start,
	// otherwise this value is equal to the accumulated run time (ElapsedTime).
	// Set equal to sFrameTime when reset.
	F64 mStartTime;

	// Timer expires when sFrameTime reaches this value (in seconds since application start).
	F64 mExpiry;

	// True when running, merely a boolean return by getStarted(). The timer always runs.
	bool mRunning;

	// True when accumulating ElapsedTime. If false mStartTime has a different meaning
	// and really unpause() should be called before anything else.
	bool mPaused;
};

// Glue code for Havok (or anything else that doesn't want the full .h files)
extern F32 getCurrentFrameTime();

#endif  // LL_LLFRAMETIMER_H