vtkTimeStamp Class Reference

record modification and/or execution time More...

#include <vtkTimeStamp.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	vtkTimeStamp ()
void	Delete ()
void	Modified ()
unsigned long	GetMTime () const
	operator unsigned long () const
bool	operator> (vtkTimeStamp &ts)
bool	operator< (vtkTimeStamp &ts)
Static Public Member Functions
static vtkTimeStamp *	New ()

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Detailed Description

record modification and/or execution time

vtkTimeStamp records a unique time when the method Modified() is executed. This time is guaranteed to be monotonically increasing. Classes use this object to record modified and/or execution time. There is built in support for the binary < and > comparison operators between two vtkTimeStamp objects.

Tests:

vtkTimeStamp (Tests)

Definition at line 34 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkTimeStamp::vtkTimeStamp

(

)

[inline]

Definition at line 37 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

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Member Function Documentation

static vtkTimeStamp* vtkTimeStamp::New

(

)

[static]

void vtkTimeStamp::Delete

(

)

[inline]

Definition at line 39 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

void vtkTimeStamp::Modified

(

)

Set this objects time to the current time. The current time is just a monotonically increasing unsigned long integer. It is possible for this number to wrap around back to zero. This should only happen for processes that have been running for a very long time, while constantly changing objects within the program. When this does occur, the typical consequence should be that some filters will update themselves when really they don't need to.

unsigned long vtkTimeStamp::GetMTime

(

)

const [inline]

Return this object's Modified time.

Definition at line 51 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

bool vtkTimeStamp::operator>

(

vtkTimeStamp &

ts

)

[inline]

Support comparisons of time stamp objects directly.

Definition at line 55 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

bool vtkTimeStamp::operator<

(

vtkTimeStamp &

ts

)

[inline]

Support comparisons of time stamp objects directly.

Definition at line 57 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

vtkTimeStamp::operator unsigned long

(

)

const [inline]

Allow for typecasting to unsigned long.

Definition at line 62 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• dox/Common/Core/vtkTimeStamp.h