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// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#ifndef BASE_CLOCK_H_
#define BASE_CLOCK_H_

#include "base/base_export.h"
#include "base/time/time.h"

namespace base {

// A Clock is an interface for objects that vend Times.  It is
// intended to be able to test the behavior of classes with respect to
// time.
//
// See DefaultClock (base/time/default_clock.h) for the default
// implementation that simply uses Time::Now().
//
// (An implementation that uses Time::SystemTime() should be added as
// needed.)
//
// See SimpleTestClock (base/test/simple_test_clock.h) for a simple
// test implementation.
//
// See TickClock (base/time/tick_clock.h) for the equivalent interface for
// TimeTicks.
class BASE_EXPORT Clock {
 public:
  virtual ~Clock();

  // Now() must be safe to call from any thread.  The caller cannot
  // make any ordering assumptions about the returned Time.  For
  // example, the system clock may change to an earlier time.
  virtual Time Now() = 0;
};

}  // namespace base

#endif  // BASE_CLOCK_H_