Question

How do you time the execution of a java program? I’m not sure what class I should use to do this.

I’m kinda looking for something like:

// Some timer starts here
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
  // Do something
}
// End timer here

System.out.println("Total execution time: " + totalExecutionTime);

Answer 1

final long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
  // Do something
}
final long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

System.out.println("Total execution time: " + (endTime - startTime));