Implemented and fixed many issues

Source/Components/GAMs/TimeArrayGAM/TimeArrayGAM.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ TimeArrayGAM::TimeArrayGAM() :
         GAM(),
         samplingRate(1000000.0),
         anchorIsFirst(true),
+        anchorIsCont(false),
+        contStarted(false),
+        contOriginNs(0u),
+        contSamples(0u),
         nElements(0u),
         inputTime(NULL_PTR(uint32 *)),
         outputBuf(NULL_PTR(uint64 *)) {
@@ -42,9 +46,12 @@ bool TimeArrayGAM::Initialise(StructuredDataI &data) {
         else if (anchor == "LastSample") {
             anchorIsFirst = false;
         }
+        else if (anchor == "Continuous") {
+            anchorIsCont = true;
+        }
         else {
             REPORT_ERROR(ErrorManagement::InitialisationError,
-                         "TimeArrayGAM: Anchor must be 'FirstSample' or 'LastSample'.");
+                         "TimeArrayGAM: Anchor must be 'FirstSample', 'LastSample' or 'Continuous'.");
             ok = false;
         }
     }
@@ -88,7 +95,21 @@ bool TimeArrayGAM::Execute() {
     /* Input is uint32 microseconds (LinuxTimer); convert to nanoseconds. */
     uint64 anchorNs  = static_cast<uint64>(*inputTime) * 1000u;
 
-    if (anchorIsFirst) {
+    if (anchorIsCont) {
+        /* Latch the timer once, then run off an internal sample counter so a
+         * lost RT cycle (LinuxTimer re-phases with counter += nCycles) cannot
+         * punch a hole into an otherwise contiguous sample stream. */
+        if (!contStarted) {
+            contOriginNs = anchorNs;
+            contStarted  = true;
+        }
+        for (uint32 k = 0u; k < nElements; k++) {
+            outputBuf[k] = contOriginNs +
+                           (contSamples + static_cast<uint64>(k)) * periodNs;
+        }
+        contSamples += static_cast<uint64>(nElements);
+    }
+    else if (anchorIsFirst) {
         /* out[k] = anchorNs + k * periodNs */
         for (uint32 k = 0u; k < nElements; k++) {
             outputBuf[k] = anchorNs + static_cast<uint64>(k) * periodNs;