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      1 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*
      2  *  ptimer.h  *
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     19 
     20 #ifndef PTIMER_H
     21 #define PTIMER_H
     22 
     23 
     24 
     25 #include "PortPrefix.h"
     26 #include "ptypes.h"
     27 
     28 /**
     29  * @addtogroup PTimerModule PTimer API functions
     30  * API to facilitate computing elapsed time of operations.  The units of time
     31  * are milliseconds.
     32  *
     33  * @{
     34  */
     35 
     36 /** Typedef */
     37 typedef struct PTimer_t PTimer;
     38 
     39 /**
     40  * Creates a new timer object.
     41  *
     42  * @param timer PTimer handle.
     43  */
     44 PORTABLE_API ESR_ReturnCode PTimerCreate(PTimer **timer);
     45 
     46 /**
     47  * Destroys the timer object.
     48  *
     49  * @param timer PTimer handle.
     50  */
     51 PORTABLE_API ESR_ReturnCode PTimerDestroy(PTimer *timer);
     52 
     53 /**
     54  * Starts the timer. This sets the reference time from which all new elapsed
     55  * time are computed.  This does not reset the elapsed time to 0.  This is
     56  * useful to pause the timer.
     57  **/
     58 PORTABLE_API ESR_ReturnCode PTimerStart(PTimer *timer);
     59 
     60 /**
     61  * Stops the timer.
     62  **/
     63 PORTABLE_API ESR_ReturnCode PTimerStop(PTimer *timer);
     64 
     65 /**
     66  * Returns the timer elapsed time.  If the Timer is in the stopped state,
     67  * successive calls to getElapsed() will always return the same value.  If the
     68  * Timer is in the started state, successive calls will return the elapsed
     69  * time since the last time PTimerStart() was called.
     70  */
     71 PORTABLE_API ESR_ReturnCode PTimerGetElapsed(PTimer *timer,
     72     asr_uint32_t *elapsed);
     73 
     74 /**
     75  * Resets the elapsed time to 0 and resets the reference time of the Timer.
     76  * This effectively reset the timer in the same state it was right after
     77  * creation.
     78  **/
     79 PORTABLE_API ESR_ReturnCode PTimerReset(PTimer *timer);
     80 
     81 /**
     82  * @}
     83  */
     84 
     85 
     86 #endif
     87