/**
* Copyright (c) 2012, Ulrich Krause
*
* StopWatch.java is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the Apache License
*/
public class StopWatch {
private long startTime = 0;
private long stopTime = 0;
private boolean running = false;
public void start() {
this.startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
this.running = true;
}
public void stop() {
this.stopTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
this.running = false;
}
/**
* @description elaspsed time in milliseconds
* @return long
*/
//
public long getElapsedTime() {
long elapsed;
if (running) {
elapsed = (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
} else {
elapsed = (stopTime - startTime);
}
return elapsed;
}
/**
* @description elaspsed time in seconds
* @return long
*/
public long getElapsedTimeSecs() {
long elapsed;
if (running) {
elapsed = ((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 1000);
} else {
elapsed = ((stopTime - startTime) / 1000);
}
return elapsed;
}
}
Sample usage
StopWatch s = new StopWatch();
s.start();
//code you want to time goes here
s.stop();
System.out.println("elapsed time in milliseconds: " + s.getElapsedTime());