-//
-// C Interface: timer
-//
-// Description:
-//
-//
-// Author: Tobias Glaesser <tobi.web@gmx.de>, (C) 2004
-//
-// Copyright: See COPYING file that comes with this distribution
-//
-//
+#ifndef __SUPERTUX_TIMER_H__
+#define __SUPERTUX_TIMER_H__
-#ifndef SUPERTUX_TIMER_H
-#define SUPERTUX_TIMER_H
+extern float global_time;
-extern unsigned int st_pause_ticks, st_pause_count;
-
-unsigned int st_get_ticks(void);
-void st_pause_ticks_init(void);
-void st_pause_ticks_start(void);
-void st_pause_ticks_stop(void);
-
-class timer_type
+/**
+ * new simpler timer designed to be used in the update functions of objects
+ */
+class Timer2 // TODO rename later
{
- public:
- unsigned int period;
- unsigned int time;
- unsigned int (*get_ticks) (void);
-
- public:
- void init(bool st_ticks);
- void start(unsigned int period);
- void stop();
-
- /*======================================================================
- int timer_check(timer_type* ptimer);
-
- param : pointer to a timer which needs to be checked
- return: NO = the timer is not started
- or it is over
- YES = otherwise
- ======================================================================*/
- int check();
- int started();
+public:
+ Timer2();
+ ~Timer2();
+
+ /** start the timer with the given period (in seconds).
+ * If cyclic=true then the timer willl be reset after each period.
+ * Set period to zero if you want to disable the timer.
+ */
+ void start(float period, bool cyclic = false);
+ /** returns true if a period (or more) passed since start call or last
+ * successfull check
+ */
+ bool check();
+
+ /** returns the period of the timer or 0 if it isn't started */
+ float get_period() const
+ { return period; }
+ float get_timeleft() const
+ { return period - (global_time - cycle_start); }
+ float get_timegone() const
+ { return global_time - cycle_start; }
+ bool started() const
+ { return period != 0 && get_timeleft() > 0; }
+
+private:
+ float period;
+ float cycle_start;
+ bool cyclic;
};
-/*======================================================================
- int timer_get_left(timer_type* ptimer);
-
- param : pointer to a timer that you want to get the time left
- return: the time left (in millisecond)
- note : the returned value can be negative
- ======================================================================*/
-int timer_get_left(timer_type* ptimer);
-int timer_get_gone(timer_type* ptimer);
-void timer_fwrite(timer_type* ptimer, FILE* fi);
-void timer_fread(timer_type* ptimer, FILE* fi);
-#endif /*SUPERTUX_TIMER_H*/
+#endif
-/* Local Variables: */
-/* mode:c++ */
-/* End */