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EventMachine::PeriodicTimer

Creates a periodic timer

@example

n = 0
timer = EventMachine::PeriodicTimer.new(5) do
  puts "the time is #{Time.now}"
  timer.cancel if (n+=1) > 5
end

Attributes

interval[RW]

Fire the timer every interval seconds

Public Class Methods

new(interval, callback=nil, &block) click to toggle source

Create a new periodic timer that executes every interval seconds

# File lib/em/timers.rb, line 32
def initialize interval, callback=nil, &block
  @interval = interval
  @code = callback || block
  @cancelled = false
  @work = method(:fire)
  schedule
end

Public Instance Methods

cancel() click to toggle source

Cancel the periodic timer

# File lib/em/timers.rb, line 41
def cancel
  @cancelled = true
end
fire() click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/em/timers.rb, line 54
def fire
  unless @cancelled
    @code.call
    schedule
  end
end
schedule() click to toggle source

@private

# File lib/em/timers.rb, line 49
def schedule
  EventMachine::add_timer @interval, @work
end

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