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1*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // found in the LICENSE file.
4*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 
5*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker #ifndef BASE_TIME_CLOCK_H_
6*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker #define BASE_TIME_CLOCK_H_
7*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 
8*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker #include "base/base_export.h"
9*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker #include "base/time/time.h"
10*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 
11*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker namespace base {
12*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 
13*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // A Clock is an interface for objects that vend Times.  It is
14*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // intended to be able to test the behavior of classes with respect to
15*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // time.
16*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker //
17*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // See DefaultClock (base/time/default_clock.h) for the default
18*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // implementation that simply uses Time::Now().
19*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker //
20*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // (An implementation that uses Time::SystemTime() should be added as
21*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // needed.)
22*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker //
23*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // See SimpleTestClock (base/test/simple_test_clock.h) for a simple
24*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // test implementation.
25*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker //
26*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // See TickClock (base/time/tick_clock.h) for the equivalent interface for
27*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker // TimeTicks.
28*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker class BASE_EXPORT Clock {
29*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  public:
30*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   virtual ~Clock();
31*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 
32*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   // Now() must be safe to call from any thread.  The caller cannot
33*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   // make any ordering assumptions about the returned Time.  For
34*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   // example, the system clock may change to an earlier time.
35*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker   virtual Time Now() const = 0;
36*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker };
37*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 
38*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker }  // namespace base
39*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 
40*635a8641SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker #endif  // BASE_TIME_CLOCK_H_
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