Package lejos.utility

Class Timer

java.lang.Object

lejos.utility.Timer

public class Timer
extends java.lang.Object

Timer object, with some similar functionality to java.Swing.Timer.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private int	delay
private TimerListener	myListener
private java.lang.Thread	myThread
private boolean	running

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Timer(int theDelay, TimerListener el) Create a Timer object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getDelay() access how man milliseconds between timedOut() messages.
void	setDelay(int newDelay) Change the delay between timedOut messages.
void	start() Starts the timer, telling it to send timeOut() methods to the TimerListener.
void	stop() Stops the timer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

myListener

private TimerListener myListener

myThread

private java.lang.Thread myThread

delay

private int delay

running

private boolean running

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer(int theDelay,
             TimerListener el)

Create a Timer object. Every theDelay milliseconds the el.timedOut() function is called. You may change the delay with setDelay(int). You need to call start() explicitly.

Method Detail

getDelay

public int getDelay()

access how man milliseconds between timedOut() messages.

setDelay

public void setDelay(int newDelay)

Change the delay between timedOut messages. Safe to call while start()ed. Time in milli-seconds.

stop

public void stop()

Stops the timer. timedOut() messages are not sent.

start

public void start()

Starts the timer, telling it to send timeOut() methods to the TimerListener.