AbstractEngineStopwatch (API Reference for wala 1.3.9)

java.lang.Object
- com.ibm.wala.client.AbstractEngineStopwatch

All Implemented Interfaces:

EngineStopwatch
```
public abstract class AbstractEngineStopwatch
extends Object
implements EngineStopwatch
```
An object to track performance of an analysis engine

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected StopwatchGC[] stopwatch

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected AbstractEngineStopwatch()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected abstract String[]`	`getCategoryNames()`
`protected abstract int`	`getNumberOfCategories()`
`StopwatchGC`	`getTimer(byte category)`	Returns access to class encapsulating time events results, related to the given category.
`String`	`report()`
`void`	`start(byte category)`	start timing for some category
`void`	`stop(byte category)`	stop timing for some category

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - stopwatch
```
protected final StopwatchGC[] stopwatch
```
- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractEngineStopwatch
```
protected AbstractEngineStopwatch()
```
- Method Detail
  - getNumberOfCategories
```
protected abstract int getNumberOfCategories()
```
    Returns:
    
    the number of distinct categories timed by this object
  - getCategoryNames
```
protected abstract String[] getCategoryNames()
```
    Returns:
    
    an array of Strings that represent names of the categories tracked
  - report
```
public final String report()
```
    Specified by:
    
    report in interface EngineStopwatch
    
    Returns:
    
    a String representation of the information in this object
  - start
```
public void start(byte category)
```
    Description copied from interface: EngineStopwatch
    
    start timing for some category
    
    Specified by:
    
    start in interface EngineStopwatch
  - stop
```
public void stop(byte category)
```
    Description copied from interface: EngineStopwatch
    
    stop timing for some category
    
    Specified by:
    
    stop in interface EngineStopwatch
  - getTimer
```
public StopwatchGC getTimer(byte category)
```
    Description copied from interface: EngineStopwatch
    
    Returns access to class encapsulating time events results, related to the given category.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getTimer in interface EngineStopwatch