#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/basic_deadline_timer.hpp>

struct TimerTraits
{
private:
    static boost::int64_t performance_freq_;

public:
    // The time type. This type has no constructor that takes a boost::int64_t to ensure
    // that the timer can only be used with relative times.
    class time_type
    {
    public:
        time_type() : ticks_(0) {}
    private:
        friend struct TimerTraits;
        boost::int64_t ticks_;
    };

    // The duration type.
    class duration_type
    {
    public:
        duration_type() : ticks_(0) {}
        duration_type(boost::int64_t ticks) : ticks_(ticks) {}
    private:
        friend struct TimerTraits;
        boost::int64_t ticks_;
    };

    // Get the current time.
    static time_type now();

    // Add a duration to a time.
    static time_type add(const time_type& t, const duration_type& d)
    {
        time_type result;
        result.ticks_ = t.ticks_ + d.ticks_;
        return result;
    }

    // Subtract one time from another.
    static duration_type subtract(const time_type& t1, const time_type& t2)
    {
        return duration_type(t1.ticks_ - t2.ticks_);
    }

    // Test whether one time is less than another.
    static bool less_than(const time_type& t1, const time_type& t2)
    {
        boost::int64_t difference = t2.ticks_ - t1.ticks_;

        // boost::int64_t tick count values wrap periodically, so we'll use a heuristic that
        // says that if subtracting t1 from t2 yields a value smaller than 2^63,
        // (i.e. a positive number in signed 64-bit arithmetic)
        // then t1 is probably less than t2. This means that we can't handle
        // durations larger than 2^63, which shouldn't be a problem in practice.

        return difference > 0;
    }

    // Convert to POSIX duration type.
    static boost::posix_time::time_duration to_posix_duration(
        const duration_type& d);

    // Convert milliseconds to duration type
    static boost::int64_t milliseconds_to_duration(boost::uint32_t milliseconds);
};

typedef boost::asio::basic_deadline_timer<
    boost::int64_t, TimerTraits> TimerImpl;