MultiTimer Class Reference

A type of timer class that can run multiple timers with different frequencies, all of which share a single callback. More...

#include <juce_MultiTimer.h>

Public Member Functions
virtual	~MultiTimer ()
	Destructor.
virtual void	timerCallback (int timerID)=0
	The user-defined callback routine that actually gets called by each of the timers that are running.
void	startTimer (int timerID, int intervalInMilliseconds) noexcept
	Starts a timer and sets the length of interval required.
void	stopTimer (int timerID) noexcept
	Stops a timer.
bool	isTimerRunning (int timerID) const noexcept
	Checks whether a timer has been started for a specified ID.
int	getTimerInterval (int timerID) const noexcept
	Returns the interval for a specified timer ID.

Protected Member Functions
	MultiTimer () noexcept
	Creates a MultiTimer.
	MultiTimer (const MultiTimer &) noexcept
	Creates a copy of another timer.

Detailed Description

A type of timer class that can run multiple timers with different frequencies, all of which share a single callback.

This class is very similar to the Timer class, but allows you run multiple separate timers, where each one has a unique ID number. The methods in this class are exactly equivalent to those in Timer, but with the addition of this ID number.

To use it, you need to create a subclass of MultiTimer, implementing the timerCallback() method. Then you can start timers with startTimer(), and each time the callback is triggered, it passes in the ID of the timer that caused it.

See also

Timer

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MultiTimer() [1/2]

MultiTimer::MultiTimer ( )

protectednoexcept

Creates a MultiTimer.

When created, no timers are running, so use startTimer() to start things off.

MultiTimer() [2/2]

MultiTimer::MultiTimer ( const MultiTimer & )

protectednoexcept

Creates a copy of another timer.

Note that this timer will not contain any running timers, even if the one you're copying from was running.

~MultiTimer()

virtual MultiTimer::~MultiTimer ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

timerCallback()

virtual void MultiTimer::timerCallback ( int timerID )

pure virtual

The user-defined callback routine that actually gets called by each of the timers that are running.

It's perfectly ok to call startTimer() or stopTimer() from within this callback to change the subsequent intervals.

startTimer()

void MultiTimer::startTimer ( int timerID, int intervalInMilliseconds )

noexcept

Starts a timer and sets the length of interval required.

If the timer is already started, this will reset it, so the time between calling this method and the next timer callback will not be less than the interval length passed in.

Parameters

timerID	a unique Id number that identifies the timer to start. This is the id that will be passed back to the timerCallback() method when this timer is triggered
intervalInMilliseconds	the interval to use (any values less than 1 will be rounded up to 1)

stopTimer()

void MultiTimer::stopTimer ( int timerID )

noexcept

Stops a timer.

If a timer has been started with the given ID number, it will be cancelled. No more callbacks will be made for the specified timer after this method returns.

If this is called from a different thread, any callbacks that may be currently executing may be allowed to finish before the method returns.

isTimerRunning()

bool MultiTimer::isTimerRunning ( int timerID ) const

noexcept

Checks whether a timer has been started for a specified ID.

Returns

true if a timer with the given ID is running.

getTimerInterval()

int MultiTimer::getTimerInterval ( int timerID ) const

noexcept

Returns the interval for a specified timer ID.

Returns

the timer's interval in milliseconds if it's running, or 0 if no timer was running for the ID number specified.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• juce_MultiTimer.h