This class is available for the OPUS Blackboard API. The initial OPUS 2.0 release is described here

Constructors:

Start_time( )
~Start_time( )

Methods:

clone( )	create copy of object
name( )	get field name

Description

Start_time objects contain the process start time in seconds since the Epoch (00:00 Januray 1, 1970) encoded in hexadecimal.

Derived from

Opus_time_stamp

See Also:

• Field
• Pstat
• Opus_time_stamp
• "OPUS API Blackboard and Support Classes Design Document"

Start_time::Start_time - The Start_time constructor.

Synopsis

Start_time::Start_time() : Opus_time_stamp(Bb_params_db::get_id("START_TIME"),
                           Bb_params_db::get_size("START_TIME"))

Start_time::Start_time(
                       const string& s) // I - time stamp string

Start_time::Start_time(
                       const Start_time& di) // I - object to initialize from

Description

The constructor initializes the object with the calling argument (if provided). The default constructor places the current system time in hex format into the object. Arguments must contain a correctly formatted time stamp.

Exceptions Thrown

Bad_val<string>

- if string contains invalid characters or wrong size; Bad_val.arg contains the calling argument

Start_time::~Start_time - The Start_time destructor.

Synopsis

Start_time::~Start_time()

Description

This method destroys the object.

Exceptions Thrown

none

Start_time::clone - Create a copy of this object.

Synopsis

Field* Start_time::clone() const

Description

This method creates a new Start_time object, initialized by this object, off the heap and returns a pointer to the new object. The client should delete the returned object when it is no longer needed.

Returns

    A pointer to the new Start_time object initialized by this object.

Exceptions Thrown

none

Start_time::name - Get the field name

Synopsis

string Start_time::name() const 

Description

This method returns the name of the field, "START_TIME".

Returns

    string field name

Exceptions Thrown

none

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Last modified: 25 April 2000