/*
* This file is part of ELKI:
* Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures
*
* Copyright (C) 2017
* ELKI Development Team
*
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*/
package de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.logging.statistics;
/**
* Class that tracks the duration of a task.
*
* TODO: add support for different time units?
*
* @author Erich Schubert
* @since 0.2
*/
public interface Duration extends Statistic {
/**
* Start the timer.
*/
Duration begin();
/**
* Finish the timer.
*/
Duration end();
/**
* Get the begin of the interval.
*
* @return Begin
*/
long getBegin();
/**
* Get the end of the interval.
*
* @return End
*/
long getEnd();
/**
* Get the duration of the interval.
*
* @return Duration
*/
long getDuration();
}