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+//  boost timer.hpp header file  ---------------------------------------------//
+
+//  Copyright Beman Dawes 1994-99.  Distributed under the Boost
+//  Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
+//  LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/timer for documentation.
+
+//  Revision History
+//  01 Apr 01  Modified to use new <ndnboost/limits.hpp> header. (JMaddock)
+//  12 Jan 01  Change to inline implementation to allow use without library
+//             builds. See docs for more rationale. (Beman Dawes) 
+//  25 Sep 99  elapsed_max() and elapsed_min() added (John Maddock)
+//  16 Jul 99  Second beta
+//   6 Jul 99  Initial boost version
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TIMER_HPP
+#define BOOST_TIMER_HPP
+
+#include <ndnboost/config.hpp>
+#include <ctime>
+#include <ndnboost/limits.hpp>
+
+# ifdef BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE
+    namespace std { using ::clock_t; using ::clock; }
+# endif
+
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+//  timer  -------------------------------------------------------------------//
+
+//  A timer object measures elapsed time.
+
+//  It is recommended that implementations measure wall clock rather than CPU
+//  time since the intended use is performance measurement on systems where
+//  total elapsed time is more important than just process or CPU time.
+
+//  Warnings: The maximum measurable elapsed time may well be only 596.5+ hours
+//  due to implementation limitations.  The accuracy of timings depends on the
+//  accuracy of timing information provided by the underlying platform, and
+//  this varies a great deal from platform to platform.
+
+class timer
+{
+ public:
+         timer() { _start_time = std::clock(); } // postcondition: elapsed()==0
+//         timer( const timer& src );      // post: elapsed()==src.elapsed()
+//        ~timer(){}
+//  timer& operator=( const timer& src );  // post: elapsed()==src.elapsed()
+  void   restart() { _start_time = std::clock(); } // post: elapsed()==0
+  double elapsed() const                  // return elapsed time in seconds
+    { return  double(std::clock() - _start_time) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC; }
+
+  double elapsed_max() const   // return estimated maximum value for elapsed()
+  // Portability warning: elapsed_max() may return too high a value on systems
+  // where std::clock_t overflows or resets at surprising values.
+  {
+    return (double((std::numeric_limits<std::clock_t>::max)())
+       - double(_start_time)) / double(CLOCKS_PER_SEC); 
+  }
+
+  double elapsed_min() const            // return minimum value for elapsed()
+   { return double(1)/double(CLOCKS_PER_SEC); }
+
+ private:
+  std::clock_t _start_time;
+}; // timer
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+#endif  // BOOST_TIMER_HPP