ElapsedTimeCollector.java

/* Copyright 2009-2015 David Hadka
 *
 * This file is part of the MOEA Framework.
 *
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package org.moeaframework.analysis.collector;

import org.moeaframework.core.Algorithm;

/**
 * Collects the elapsed execution time of an algorithm.
 */
public class ElapsedTimeCollector implements Collector {

	/**
	 * The time, in nanoseconds, this collector was created.  This roughly
	 * corresponds to the time the algorithm starts, assuming that the algorithm
	 * is run immediately following its setup.
	 */
	private long startTime;

	/**
	 * Constructs a collector for recording the elapsed execution time of an
	 * algorithm.
	 */
	public ElapsedTimeCollector() {
		super();
		startTime = System.nanoTime();
	}

	@Override
	public void collect(Accumulator accumulator) {
		double elapsedTime = (System.nanoTime() - startTime) * 1e-9;
		accumulator.add("Elapsed Time", elapsedTime);
	}

	@Override
	public AttachPoint getAttachPoint() {
		return AttachPoint.isSubclass(Algorithm.class).and(
				AttachPoint.not(AttachPoint.isNestedIn(Algorithm.class)));
	}

	@Override
	public Collector attach(Object object) {
		return new ElapsedTimeCollector();
	}

}