RobotRaconteur::Timer Class Reference

A timer to invoke a callback. More...

Inherits boost::noncopyable.

Inherited by RobotRaconteur::WallTimer.

Public Member Functions
virtual void	Start ()=0
	Start the timer. More...
virtual void	Stop ()=0
	Stop the timer.
virtual void	TryStop ()=0
	Stop the timer without throwing an exception if the timer is not running.
virtual boost::posix_time::time_duration	GetPeriod ()=0
	Get the period of the timer. More...
virtual void	SetPeriod (const boost::posix_time::time_duration &period)=0
	Set the period of the timer. More...
virtual bool	IsRunning ()=0
	Check if timer is running. More...
virtual void	Clear ()=0
	Clear the timer.

Detailed Description

A timer to invoke a callback.

Timers invoke a callback at a specified rate. The timer can either be one-short, or repeating.

Use RobotRaconteurNode::CreateTimer() to create timers.

Member Function Documentation

GetPeriod()

virtual boost::posix_time::time_duration RobotRaconteur::Timer::GetPeriod ( )

pure virtual

Get the period of the timer.

Returns

boost::posix_time::time_duration

IsRunning()

virtual bool RobotRaconteur::Timer::IsRunning ( )

pure virtual

Check if timer is running.

Returns

true

false

SetPeriod()

virtual void RobotRaconteur::Timer::SetPeriod ( const boost::posix_time::time_duration &  period )

pure virtual

Set the period of the timer.

Parameters

period

Start()

virtual void RobotRaconteur::Timer::Start ( )

pure virtual

Start the timer.

Must be called after RobotRaconteurNode::CreateTimer()

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