l_timer.rb - this is a timer used by Locana.

Author: Michael Davis, mdavis@locana.org

Copyright: (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 Seva Inc. and Seva Software - www.sevasoftware.com

Home page: www.locana.org

License: Same as Ruby

Provides timer support for Locana.

Status:

• Working

To do:

• None

History:

• 7/20/2003 - Moved from locana.rb into it’s own module.

When a block or Proc object is provided with the timer during new() or start(), the block or Proc object will be called when the timer matures. If a block or Proc object is not provided the :on_timer event is triggered when the timer matures. The timer fires only once and must be started again if you want it to repeat.

This needs to be defined or loaded before loading any modules because some of the other modules create a timer when they load. Ltimer.new(2000).start{|timer| puts "this timer fires in 2 seconds"} proc_obj = proc{|timer| puts "this timer fires every 2 seconds"; timer.start()} Ltimer.new(2000, proc_obj).start