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src/common/src/timer.h

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+/*!
+* Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Gekko Emulator
+*
+* \file    timer.h
+* \author  ShizZy <shizzy247@gmail.com>
+* \date    2012-02-11
+* \brief   Common time and timer routines
+*
+ * \section LICENSE
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details at
+ * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+ *
+ * Official project repository can be found at:
+ * http://code.google.com/p/gekko-gc-emu/
+ */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_TIMER_H_
+#define COMMON_TIMER_H_
+
+#include "types.h"
+
+namespace common {
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Gets Get the number of milliseconds since initialization
+ * \return Unsigned integer of ticks since software initialization
+ */
+static inline u32 GetTimeElapsed() {
+    return SDL_GetTicks();
+}
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Converts a ticks (miliseconds) u32 to a formatted string
+ * \param ticks Ticks (32-bit unsigned integer)
+ * \param formatted_string Pointer to formatted string result
+ */
+void TicksToFormattedString(u32 ticks, char* formatted_string);
+
+
+} // namespace
+
+
+#endif // COMMON_TIMER_H_