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 * Copyright (c) 2013-2013, KNOPFLERFISH project
 * All rights reserved.
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 */

package org.knopflerfish.util;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;


/**
 * Misc static timer utility methods.
 */
public class Timer {

  static private Method nanoTimeMethod;

  static {
    AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction() {
      public Object run() {
        nanoTimeMethod = getMethod(System.class, "nanoTime", new Class[] { });
        return null;
      }
    });
  }

  /**
   * Get method from class
   */
  public static Method getMethod(Class c, String name, Class [] args) {
    Method m = null;
    while (true) {
      try {
        m = c.getDeclaredMethod(name, args);
        break;
      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
        c = c.getSuperclass();
        if (c == null) {
          return null;
        }
      }
    }
    return m;
  }

  /**
   * Use System.nanoTime() if available, otherwise revert to
   * System.currentTimeMillis(). Return time in milliseconds
   * that can be used for time measurements.
   */
  public static long timeMillis() {
    if (nanoTimeMethod != null) {
      try  {
        Object res = nanoTimeMethod.invoke(null, new Object[] { });
        if (res != null) {
          return ((Long)res).longValue() / 1000000L;
        }
      } catch (IllegalAccessException _ignore) { 
      } catch (InvocationTargetException _ignore) { }
    }
    return System.currentTimeMillis();
  }

}

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