bamboo.util
Class GetTimeOfDayCC

java.lang.Object
  bamboo.util.GetTimeOfDayCC

public class GetTimeOfDayCC
extends Object

Gets the cycle counter on Linux machines; to be used in situations where System.currentTimeMillis is no good because of NTP constantly resetting the clock, sometimes back in time (as on PlanetLab). Uses a C library written by Aki Nakao and available

Field Summary

protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger

logger

Constructor Summary

GetTimeOfDayCC()

Method Summary

static boolean	available() Returns true if its safe to call GetTimeOfDayCC.currentTimeMillis.
static long	currentTimeMillis()
static void	main(String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger logger

Constructor Detail

GetTimeOfDayCC

public GetTimeOfDayCC()

Method Detail

available

public static boolean available()

Returns true if its safe to call GetTimeOfDayCC.currentTimeMillis.

currentTimeMillis

public static long currentTimeMillis()

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Throws:

Exception