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package org.apache.hadoop.io.file.tfile;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;

/**
 * this class is a time class to 
 * measure to measure the time 
 * taken for some event.
 */
public  class Timer {
  long startTimeEpoch;
  long finishTimeEpoch;
  
  public void startTime() throws IOException {
    startTimeEpoch = Time.now();
  }

  public void stopTime() throws IOException {
    finishTimeEpoch = Time.now();
  }

  public long getIntervalMillis() throws IOException {
    return finishTimeEpoch - startTimeEpoch;
  }

  public void printlnWithTimestamp(String message) throws IOException {
    System.out.println(formatCurrentTime() + "  " + message);
  }

  public String formatTime(long millis) {
    return Time.formatTime(millis);
  }

  public String getIntervalString() throws IOException {
    long time = getIntervalMillis();
    return formatTime(time);
  }

  public String formatCurrentTime() {
    return formatTime(Time.now());
  }
}