timeConverter.h

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// distribution.

#ifndef SST_CORE_TIMECONVERTER_H
#define SST_CORE_TIMECONVERTER_H

#include "sst/core/sst_types.h"

namespace SST {

class TimeLord;

/**
   A class to convert between a component's view of time and the
   core's view of time.
*/
class TimeConverter {

    friend class TimeLord;

 public:
    /**
       Converts from the component's view to the core's view of time.
       \param time time to convert to core time
     */
    SimTime_t convertToCoreTime(SimTime_t time) {
    return time * factor;
    }

    /**
       Converts from the core's view to the components's view of time.
       The result is truncated, not rounded.
       \param time time to convert from core time
     */
    SimTime_t convertFromCoreTime(SimTime_t time) {
    return time/factor;
    }

    /**
     * Return the factor used for conversions with Core Time
     */
    SimTime_t getFactor() {
    return factor;
    }

 private:
    /**
       Factor for converting between core and component time
    */
    SimTime_t factor;

    TimeConverter(SimTime_t fact) {
    factor = fact;
    }

    ~TimeConverter() {
    }


    TimeConverter() {}   // Only needed to simplify serialization

};

} // namespace SST

#endif //SST_CORE_TIMECONVERTER_H