vtkTimeStamp Class Reference

record modification and/or execution time More...

#include <vtkTimeStamp.h>

Public Member Functions
	vtkTimeStamp ()
void	Delete ()
void	Modified ()
	Set this objects time to the current time. More...
vtkMTimeType	GetMTime () const
	Return this object's Modified time. More...
	operator vtkMTimeType () const
	Allow for typecasting to unsigned long. More...
bool	operator> (vtkTimeStamp &ts)
	Support comparisons of time stamp objects directly. More...
bool	operator< (vtkTimeStamp &ts)
	Support comparisons of time stamp objects directly. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static vtkTimeStamp *	New ()

Detailed Description

record modification and/or execution time

vtkTimeStamp records a unique time when the method Modified() is executed. This time is guaranteed to be monotonically increasing. Classes use this object to record modified and/or execution time. There is built in support for the binary < and > comparison operators between two vtkTimeStamp objects.

Online Examples:

TimeStamp

Definition at line 51 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkTimeStamp()

vtkTimeStamp::vtkTimeStamp ( )

inline

Definition at line 54 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

Member Function Documentation

New()

static vtkTimeStamp * vtkTimeStamp::New ( )

static

Delete()

void vtkTimeStamp::Delete ( )

inline

Definition at line 56 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

Modified()

void vtkTimeStamp::Modified

(

)

Set this objects time to the current time.

The current time is just a monotonically increasing unsigned long integer. It is possible for this number to wrap around back to zero. This should only happen for processes that have been running for a very long time, while constantly changing objects within the program. When this does occur, the typical consequence should be that some filters will update themselves when really they don't need to.

GetMTime()

vtkMTimeType vtkTimeStamp::GetMTime ( ) const

inline

Return this object's Modified time.

Definition at line 73 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

operator>()

bool vtkTimeStamp::operator> ( vtkTimeStamp &  ts )

inline

Support comparisons of time stamp objects directly.

Definition at line 79 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

operator<()

bool vtkTimeStamp::operator< ( vtkTimeStamp &  ts )

inline

Support comparisons of time stamp objects directly.

Definition at line 80 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

operator vtkMTimeType()

vtkTimeStamp::operator vtkMTimeType ( ) const

inline

Allow for typecasting to unsigned long.

Definition at line 86 of file vtkTimeStamp.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• Common/Core/vtkTimeStamp.h