org.indi.reactor
Class SimpleTimer

java.lang.Object
  org.indi.reactor.TimerHandler
      org.indi.reactor.SimpleTimer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<TimerHandler>, TimerCallback

public class SimpleTimer
extends TimerHandler

A simplifyed version of the TimerHandler class taking a given delay in miliseconds instead of an expiration Date and a class implementing TimerCallback interface to be called back after the given delay.

Author:

dirk

Constructor Summary

SimpleTimer(TimerCallback callback, long timeout)
Class constructor

Method Summary

void	onTimer() Called by the reactor when the delay has passed.
static java.util.Date	shift(java.util.Date date, long mills) Shift a given Date object by a certain number of miliseconds

Methods inherited from class org.indi.reactor.TimerHandler

compareTo, equals, getExpirationDate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleTimer

public SimpleTimer(TimerCallback callback,
                   long timeout)

Class constructor

Parameters:

callback - the object containing the callback method to be called after the given delay

timeout - the delay to wait before calling the callback method in milliseconds.

Method Detail

shift

public static java.util.Date shift(java.util.Date date,
                                   long mills)

Shift a given Date object by a certain number of miliseconds

Parameters:

date - the date object to be shifted

mills - the number of milliseconds to shift the timout by

Returns:

the shifted Date.

onTimer

public void onTimer()

Called by the reactor when the delay has passed. Implemented such that the onTimer method of the TimerCallback passed to the constuctor is called.

Specified by:

onTimer in interface TimerCallback

Overrides:

onTimer in class TimerHandler