/**
* Copyright (c) 2006-2012 LOVE Development Team
*
* This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
* warranty.  In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
* arising from the use of this software.
*
* Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
* including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
* freely, subject to the following restrictions:
*
* 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
*    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
*    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
*    appreciated but is not required.
* 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
*    misrepresented as being the original software.
* 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
**/

#ifndef LOVE_TIMER_TIMER_H
#define LOVE_TIMER_TIMER_H

// LOVE
#include <common/Module.h>

namespace love
{
namespace timer
{
	class Timer : public Module
	{
	public:

		/**
		* Destructor.
		**/
		virtual ~Timer(){}

		/**
		* Measures the time between this call and the previous call,
		* and updates internal values accordinly.
		**/
		virtual void step() = 0;

		/**
		* Tries to sleep for the specified amount of time. The precision is
		* usually 1ms.
		* @param seconds The number of seconds to sleep for.
		**/
		virtual void sleep(double seconds) = 0;

		/**
		* Gets the time between the last two frames, assuming step is called
		* each frame.
		**/
		virtual double getDelta() const = 0;

		/**
		* Gets the average FPS over the last second. Beucase the value is only updated
		* once per second, it does not look erratic when displayed on screen.
		* @return The "current" FPS.
		**/
		virtual double getFPS() const = 0;

		/**
		* Gets the amount of time since the program started. Only useful for timing
		* code or measuring intervals.
		* @return The time (in seconds) since the program started.
		**/
		virtual double getTime() const = 0;

		/**
		 * Gets the amount of time passed since an unspecified time. The time is accurate
		 * to the microsecond, and is limited to 24 hours.
		 * @return The time (in seconds)
		 **/
		virtual double getMicroTime() const = 0;

	}; // Timer

} // timer
} // love

#endif // LOVE_TIMER_TIMER_H