/*
4ti2 -- A software package for algebraic, geometric and combinatorial
problems on linear spaces.

Copyright (C) 2006 4ti2 team.
Main author(s): Peter Malkin.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
*/

#ifndef _4ti2_groebner__Timer_
#define _4ti2_groebner__Timer_

#include <iostream>

namespace _4ti2_
{

class Timer
{
public:
    Timer();
    void reset();
    double get_elapsed_time() const;
    
    static Timer global;
private:
    static double get_time();
    double start_time;
};

std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const Timer& t);

} // namespace _4ti2_

#endif
