SERVER-18922 Refactor Timer to have customizable tick source

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diff --git a/src/mongo/util/tick_source.h b/src/mongo/util/tick_source.h
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+/**
+ *    Copyright (C) 2015 MongoDB Inc.
+ *
+ *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or  modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ *    as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
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+ *    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
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+ *    code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL library under certain
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+ *    linked combinations including the program with the OpenSSL library. You
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+ *    with this exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the
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+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace mongo {
+
+    /**
+     * Interface for objects generating ticks that roughly represents the passage of time.
+     */
+    class TickSource {
+    public:
+        using Tick = int64_t;
+
+        virtual ~TickSource() = default;
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the current tick count from this source.
+         */
+        virtual Tick getTicks() = 0;
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the conversion ratio from ticks to seconds.
+         */
+        virtual Tick getTicksPerSecond() = 0;
+    };
+} // namespace mongo