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+// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. |
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be |
+// found in the LICENSE file. |
+ |
+#ifndef BASE_TICK_CLOCK_H_ |
+#define BASE_TICK_CLOCK_H_ |
+ |
+#include "base/base_export.h" |
+#include "base/time.h" |
+ |
+namespace base { |
+ |
+// A TickClock is an interface for objects that vend TimeTicks. It is |
+// intended to be able to test the behavior of classes with respect to |
+// non-decreasing time. |
+// |
+// See DefaultTickClock (base/default_tick_clock.h) for the default |
+// implementation that simply uses TimeTicks::Now(). |
+// |
+// (Other implementations that use TimeTicks::HighResNow() or |
+// TimeTicks::NowFromSystemTime() should be added as needed.) |
+// |
+// See SimpleTestTickClock (base/test/simple_test_tick_clock.h) for a |
+// simple test implementation. |
+// |
+// See Clock (base/clock.h) for the equivalent interface for Times. |
+class BASE_EXPORT TickClock { |
+ public: |
+ virtual ~TickClock(); |
+ |
+ // NowTicks() must be safe to call from any thread. The caller may |
+ // assume that NowTicks() is monotonic (but not strictly monotonic). |
+ // In other words, the returned TimeTicks will never decrease with |
+ // time, although they might "stand still". |
+ virtual TimeTicks NowTicks() = 0; |
+}; |
+ |
+} // namespace base |
+ |
+#endif // BASE_TICK_CLOCK_H_ |