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 *
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**/
package org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.snmp.agent;

/** 
 * Utility class that provides time keeping from the time of instantiation.
 * Can be queried for time readings since the last incarnation in msecs.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 44604 $
 *
 * @author  <a href="mailto:spol@intracom.gr">Spyros Pollatos</a>
 * @author  <a href="mailto:dimitris@jboss.org">Dimitris Andreadis</a>
 */    
public final class Clock
{
   /** Holds instantiation time */
   private long instantiationTime;
          
   /**
    * CTOR - creates time counter with zeroed out clock
    */          
   public Clock()
   {
        this.instantiationTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
   }

   /**
    * Returns the difference, measured in milliseconds, between the 
    * instantiation time and midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.
    */                         
   public long instantiationTime()
   {
      return this.instantiationTime;
   }
    
   /**
    * Returns the elapsed time in msecs from the time of instantiation.
    */                         
   public long uptime()
   {
      return System.currentTimeMillis() - this.instantiationTime;
   }  

} // class Clock
