net.openhft.chronicle.core.threads

Class Timer

java.lang.Object

net.openhft.chronicle.core.threads.Timer

public class Timer
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Timer(EventLoop eventLoop)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	schedule(Runnable eventHandler, long initialDelayMs)
void	scheduleAtFixedRate(VanillaEventHandler eventHandler, long initialDelayMs, long periodMs) uses the event loop thread to call the event handler periodically, the time that the event is called back is best efforts, but if the thread is busy that call back maybe delayed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer(@NotNull
             EventLoop eventLoop)

Parameters:

eventLoop - the event loop that the timer task is run on

Method Detail

scheduleAtFixedRate

public void scheduleAtFixedRate(@NotNull
                                VanillaEventHandler eventHandler,
                                long initialDelayMs,
                                long periodMs)

uses the event loop thread to call the event handler periodically, the time that the event is called back is best efforts, but if the thread is busy that call back maybe delayed

Parameters:

eventHandler - the handler to be called back

initialDelayMs - how long in milliseconds to wait before being called back

periodMs - the poll interval of being called

schedule

public void schedule(@NotNull
                     Runnable eventHandler,
                     long initialDelayMs)