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package org.graalvm.compiler.debug;

import org.graalvm.compiler.serviceprovider.GraalServices;

A consistent source of timing data that should be used by all facilities in the debug package.
/**
 * A consistent source of timing data that should be used by all facilities in the debug package.
 */
public class TimeSource {
    private static final boolean USING_THREAD_CPU_TIME = GraalServices.isCurrentThreadCpuTimeSupported();

    
Gets the current time of this thread in nanoseconds from the most accurate timer available on
the system. The returned value will be the current time in nanoseconds precision but not
necessarily nanoseconds accuracy.

The intended use case of this method is to measure the time a certain action takes by making
successive calls to it. It should not be used to measure total times in the sense of a time
stamp.
Returns:
the current thread's time in nanoseconds/**
     * Gets the current time of this thread in nanoseconds from the most accurate timer available on
     * the system. The returned value will be the current time in nanoseconds precision but not
     * necessarily nanoseconds accuracy.
     * <p>
     * The intended use case of this method is to measure the time a certain action takes by making
     * successive calls to it. It should not be used to measure total times in the sense of a time
     * stamp.
     *
     * @return the current thread's time in nanoseconds
     */
    public static long getTimeNS() {
        return USING_THREAD_CPU_TIME ? GraalServices.getCurrentThreadCpuTime() : System.nanoTime();
    }

}