added Timer::getRemainingTime() (#24)

AliceO2Group · Apr 9, 2019 · b16d239 · b16d239
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diff --git a/include/Common/Timer.h b/include/Common/Timer.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ class Timer {
 
     /// \return Returns time elapsed since reset, in microseconds.
     double getTime();    
+
+    /// \return Returns the time until next timeout, in microseconds. This may be a negative value if timeout occured already.
+    double getRemainingTime();
 
   private:
     std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::high_resolution_clock> t0; // time of reset

diff --git a/src/Timer.cxx b/src/Timer.cxx
@@ -38,5 +38,10 @@ double Timer::getTime() {
     return tdiff.count();
 } 
 
+double Timer::getRemainingTime() {
+    std::chrono::duration<double> tdiff= std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - t0;
+    return tmax-tdiff.count();
+} 
+
 } // namespace Common
 } // namespace AliceO2