Add getter and setter of starting time in moTimeContinue

git-svn-id: svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svnroot/paradiseo@1964 331e1502-861f-0410-8da2-ba01fb791d7f

trunk/paradiseo-mo/src/continuator/moTimeContinuator.h

@@ -48,10 +48,30 @@ public:
      * @param _verbose verbose mode true/false -> on/off
      */
     moTimeContinuator(time_t _max, bool _verbose=true): max(_max), verbose(_verbose) {
+      external = false;
       start = time(NULL);
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Synchronize the whole time with an external starting time
+     * @param _externalStart external starting time
+     */
+    virtual void setStartingTime(time_t _externalStart) {
+      external = true;
+      start = _externalStart;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * To get the starting time
+     * @return starting time
+     */
+    virtual time_t getStartingTime() {
+      return start;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Returns false when the running time is reached.
      * @param _sol the current solution
@@ -71,6 +91,7 @@ public:
      * @param _solution a solution
      */
     virtual void init(EOT & _solution) {
+      if (!external)
         start = time(NULL);
     }
 
@@ -90,6 +111,8 @@ private:
   time_t max;
   /** starting time */
   time_t start;
+  /** external start flag */
+  bool external;
   /** verbose mode */
   bool verbose;