MVC Bricks for ASP.net

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace MVCBricks.Core
{
	/// <summary>
	/// This class is taken from the article series "Gaming with the .NET Compact Framework"
	/// writen by Geoff Schwab. The articles can be found on http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/BustThisGame.asp.
	/// This class use external method calls to make a high performance counter.
	/// </summary>
	public class StopWatch
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// This function retrieves the frequency of the high-resolution
		/// performance counter if one is provided by the OEM.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="lpFrequency">Pointer to a variable that the function
		/// sets, in counts per second, to the current performance-counter
		/// frequency. If the installed hardware does not support a high-
		/// resolution performance counter, this parameter can be to zero.</param>
		/// <returns>Nonzero indicates that the installed hardware supports
		/// a high-resolution performance counter. Zero indicates that the
		/// installed hardware does not support a high-resolution performance
		/// counter.</returns>
		[DllImport("CoreDll.dll")]
		internal static extern int QueryPerformanceFrequency(ref Int64 lpFrequency);

		/// <summary>
		/// This function retrieves the current value of the high-resolution
		/// performance counter if one is provided by the OEM.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="lpPerformanceCount">Pointer to a variable that the
		/// function sets, in counts, to the current performance-counter value.
		/// If the installed hardware does not support a high-resolution
		/// performance counter, this parameter can be set to zero.</param>
		/// <returns>QueryPerformanceFrequency will return 1000 if the hardware
		/// does not support a high frequency counter since the API defaults to
		/// a milliseconds GetTickCount implementation.</returns>
		[DllImport("CoreDll.dll")]
		internal static extern int QueryPerformanceCounter(ref Int64 lpPerformanceCount);

		/// <summary>
		/// Frequency of the counter.
		/// </summary>
		protected Int64 m_freq;

		/// <summary>
		/// Specifies if performance counters are in use.  Only set to false
		/// if the OEM does not provide these counters.
		/// </summary>
		protected bool m_usePerf = true;

		/// <summary>
		/// Initializes a stop watch instances by storing the counter
		/// frequency.
		/// </summary>
		public StopWatch()
		{
			if (QueryPerformanceFrequency(ref m_freq) == 0)
			{
				m_freq = 1000;
				m_usePerf = false;
			}

			Debug.Assert(m_freq != 0,
				"StopWatch.StopWatch: Invalid frequency");
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Get the current tick.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>Tick</returns>
		public Int64 CurrentTick()
		{
			if (m_usePerf)
			{
				Int64 curTick = 0;
				QueryPerformanceCounter(ref curTick);
				return curTick;
			}
			
			return (Int64)Environment.TickCount;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Calculate the delta, taking into account roll-over.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="curTime">Current tick</param>
		/// <param name="prevTime">Previous tick</param>
		/// <param name="maxValue">Maximum tick value (for roll-over)</param>
		/// <returns>Current - Previous</returns>
		private Int64 GetSafeDelta(Int64 curTime, Int64 prevTime, Int64 maxValue)
		{
			if (curTime < prevTime)
			{
				return curTime + maxValue - prevTime;
			}

			return curTime - prevTime;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Calculate the time, in milliseconds, between ticks. 
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="curTick">Current tick</param>
		/// <param name="prevTick">Previous tick</param>
		/// <returns>Current - Previous (milliseconds)</returns>
		public Int64 DeltaTime_ms(Int64 curTick, Int64 prevTick)
		{
			if (m_usePerf)
			{
				return 1000 * GetSafeDelta(curTick, prevTick, Int64.MaxValue) / m_freq;
			}

			return GetSafeDelta(curTick, prevTick, Int32.MaxValue);
		}
	}

}