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1/*
2 This file is part of GNUnet.
3 (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 Christian Grothoff (and other contributing authors)
4
5 GNUnet is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
7 by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
8 option) any later version.
9
10 GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
11 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with GNUnet; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
17 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
18 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
19*/
20
21/**
22 * @file include/gnunet_time_lib.h
23 * @brief functions related to time
24 *
25 * @author Christian Grothoff
26 */
27
28#ifndef GNUNET_TIME_LIB_H
29#define GNUNET_TIME_LIB_H
30
31#ifdef __cplusplus
32extern "C"
33{
34#if 0 /* keep Emacsens' auto-indent happy */
35}
36#endif
37#endif
38
39#include "gnunet_common.h"
40
41/**
42 * Time for absolute times used by GNUnet, in milliseconds.
43 */
44struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute
45{
46 uint64_t value;
47};
48
49/**
50 * Time for relative time used by GNUnet, in milliseconds.
51 * Always positive, so we can only refer to future time.
52 */
53struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative
54{
55 uint64_t value;
56};
57
58
59/**
60 * Time for relative time used by GNUnet, in milliseconds and in network byte order.
61 */
62struct GNUNET_TIME_RelativeNBO
63{
64 uint64_t value GNUNET_PACKED;
65};
66
67
68/**
69 * Time for absolute time used by GNUnet, in milliseconds and in network byte order.
70 */
71struct GNUNET_TIME_AbsoluteNBO
72{
73 uint64_t value GNUNET_PACKED;
74};
75
76/**
77 * @brief constants to specify time
78 */
79#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_ZERO GNUNET_TIME_relative_get_zero()
80#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_MILLISECONDS GNUNET_TIME_relative_get_unit()
81#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_SECONDS GNUNET_TIME_relative_multiply(GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_MILLISECONDS, 1000)
82#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_MINUTES GNUNET_TIME_relative_multiply(GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_SECONDS, 60)
83#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_HOURS GNUNET_TIME_relative_multiply(GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_MINUTES, 60)
84#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_DAYS GNUNET_TIME_relative_multiply(GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_HOURS, 24)
85#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_WEEKS GNUNET_TIME_relative_multiply(GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_DAYS, 7)
86#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_MONTHS GNUNET_TIME_relative_multiply(GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_DAYS, 30)
87#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_YEARS GNUNET_TIME_relative_multiply(GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_DAYS, 365)
88
89/**
90 * Constant used to specify "forever". This constant
91 * will be treated specially in all time operations.
92 */
93#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_FOREVER_REL GNUNET_TIME_relative_get_forever ()
94
95/**
96 * Constant used to specify "forever". This constant
97 * will be treated specially in all time operations.
98 */
99#define GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_FOREVER_ABS GNUNET_TIME_absolute_get_forever ()
100
101/**
102 * Return relative time of 0ms.
103 */
104struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative GNUNET_TIME_relative_get_zero (void);
105
106/**
107 * Return relative time of 1ms.
108 */
109struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative GNUNET_TIME_relative_get_unit (void);
110
111/**
112 * Return "forever".
113 */
114struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative GNUNET_TIME_relative_get_forever (void);
115
116/**
117 * Return "forever".
118 */
119struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute GNUNET_TIME_absolute_get_forever (void);
120
121/**
122 * Get the current time.
123 *
124 * @return the current time
125 */
126struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute GNUNET_TIME_absolute_get (void);
127
128/**
129 * Convert relative time to an absolute time in the
130 * future.
131 *
132 * @return timestamp that is "rel" in the future, or FOREVER if rel==FOREVER (or if we would overflow)
133 */
134struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute GNUNET_TIME_relative_to_absolute (struct
135 GNUNET_TIME_Relative
136 rel);
137
138/**
139 * Given a timestamp in the future, how much time
140 * remains until then?
141 *
142 * @return future - now, or 0 if now >= future, or FOREVER if future==FOREVER.
143 */
144struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative GNUNET_TIME_absolute_get_remaining (struct
145 GNUNET_TIME_Absolute
146 future);
147
148/**
149 * Compute the time difference between the given start and end times.
150 * Use this function instead of actual subtraction to ensure that
151 * "FOREVER" and overflows are handeled correctly.
152 *
153 * @return 0 if start >= end; FOREVER if end==FOREVER; otherwise end - start
154 */
155struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative GNUNET_TIME_absolute_get_difference (struct
156 GNUNET_TIME_Absolute
157 start,
158 struct
159 GNUNET_TIME_Absolute
160 end);
161
162/**
163 * Get the duration of an operation as the
164 * difference of the current time and the given start time "hence".
165 *
166 * @return aborts if hence==FOREVER, 0 if hence > now, otherwise now-hence.
167 */
168struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative GNUNET_TIME_absolute_get_duration (struct
169 GNUNET_TIME_Absolute
170 hence);
171
172
173/**
174 * Add a given relative duration to the
175 * given start time.
176 *
177 * @return FOREVER if either argument is FOREVER or on overflow; start+duration otherwise
178 */
179struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute GNUNET_TIME_absolute_add (struct
180 GNUNET_TIME_Absolute
181 start,
182 struct
183 GNUNET_TIME_Relative
184 duration);
185
186/**
187 * Multiply relative time by a given factor.
188 *
189 * @return FOREVER if rel=FOREVER or on overflow; otherwise rel*factor
190 */
191struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative GNUNET_TIME_relative_multiply (struct
192 GNUNET_TIME_Relative
193 rel,
194 unsigned int
195 factor);
196
197/**
198 * Add relative times together.
199 *
200 * @return FOREVER if either argument is FOREVER or on overflow; a1+a2 otherwise
201 */
202struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative GNUNET_TIME_relative_add (struct
203 GNUNET_TIME_Relative a1,
204 struct
205 GNUNET_TIME_Relative
206 a2);
207
208
209/**
210 * Convert relative time to network byte order.
211 */
212struct GNUNET_TIME_RelativeNBO GNUNET_TIME_relative_hton (struct
213 GNUNET_TIME_Relative
214 a);
215
216/**
217 * Convert relative time from network byte order.
218 */
219struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative GNUNET_TIME_relative_ntoh (struct
220 GNUNET_TIME_RelativeNBO
221 a);
222
223/**
224 * Convert relative time to network byte order.
225 */
226struct GNUNET_TIME_AbsoluteNBO GNUNET_TIME_absolute_hton (struct
227 GNUNET_TIME_Absolute
228 a);
229
230/**
231 * Convert relative time from network byte order.
232 */
233struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute GNUNET_TIME_absolute_ntoh (struct
234 GNUNET_TIME_AbsoluteNBO
235 a);
236
237#if 0 /* keep Emacsens' auto-indent happy */
238{
239#endif
240#ifdef __cplusplus
241}
242#endif
243
244/* ifndef GNUNET_TIME_LIB_H */
245#endif
246/* end of gnunet_time_lib.h */