/***************************************************************************
 *   Copyright (C) 2006 by Miguel Armando Riem de Oliveira   *
 *   mike@BlackBandit   *
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 ***************************************************************************/
#ifndef _TIMER_H_
#define _TIMER_H_

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


#include </usr/include/opencv/cxcore.h>
//#include <cxcore.h>
//you have to have the path to cxcore in the directory where this one is called
//changed again just to cxcore when i went to ubuntu. lets see if it works.

#define MAXNUMBEROFTICKS 10

enum{
	SECONDS = 77,
	TENTHSOFSECONDS,
	HUNDREDSOFSECONDS,
	MILISECONDS,
	MICROSECONDS
	};

class timer{
public:
	timer();
	~timer();

	int Tic(unsigned char n=0);
	int Toc(unsigned char n=0, int units = MILISECONDS);

private:
	
	struct {double Second; 		//!< Tickspermicrosec the amount of ticks that ocour in a second.
		double MiliSecond;	//!< Tickspermicrosec the amount of ticks that ocour in a milisecond.
		double MicroSecond;	//!< Tickspermicrosec the amount of ticks that ocour in a microsecond.
		}Ticksper;

	int64 TicTick[MAXNUMBEROFTICKS],TocTick[MAXNUMBEROFTICKS];
	int updatetick(int64 *t){return *t=cvGetTickCount();};	
};
#endif