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#ifndef itkRealTimeClock_h
#define itkRealTimeClock_h

#include "itkMacro.h"
#include "itkObject.h"
#include "itkObjectFactory.h"
#include "itkRealTimeStamp.h"

namespace itk
{
/** \class RealTimeClock
 * \brief Provides a timestamp from a real-time clock.
 *
 * This class represents a real-time clock object
 * and provides a timestamp in platform-independent format.
 *
 * \author Hee-Su Kim, Compute Science Dept. Kyungpook National University,
 *                     ISIS Center, Georgetown University.
 * \ingroup ITKCommon
 */

class ITKCommon_EXPORT RealTimeClock : public Object
{
public:
  using Self = RealTimeClock;
  using Superclass = Object;
  using Pointer = SmartPointer<Self>;
  using ConstPointer = SmartPointer<const Self>;

  /** \see LightObject::GetNameOfClass() */
  itkOverrideGetNameOfClassMacro(RealTimeClock);

  /** Method for creation through the object factory */
  itkNewMacro(Self);

  /** Define the type for the timestamp */
  using TimeStampType = double;

  /** Define the type for the frequency of the clock */
  using FrequencyType = double;

  /** Returns a timestamp in seconds, e.g. 52.341243 seconds */
  TimeStampType
  GetTimeInSeconds() const;

  /** Returns the frequency of a clock */
  itkGetConstMacro(Frequency, FrequencyType);

  /** Get the time as a RealTimeStamp type. */
  RealTimeStamp
  GetRealTimeStamp() const;

protected:
  /** Constructor. */
  RealTimeClock();

  /** Destructor. */
  ~RealTimeClock() override;

  void
  PrintSelf(std::ostream & os, Indent indent) const override;

private:
  FrequencyType m_Frequency{ 1 };
  TimeStampType m_Difference{};
  TimeStampType m_Origin{};

  // Returns a timestamp in a TimeStamp data structure.
  // We hide this method in the private section, because it returns the
  // modified time of the itk::Object. That modified time is ambiguous with
  // the role of the RealTimeStamp.
  const TimeStamp &
  GetTimeStamp() const override;
};
} // end of namespace itk

#endif // itkRealTimeClock_h
