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TTimer Class Reference

Handles synchronous and a-synchronous timer events.

  1. synchronous timer is registered into TSystem and is processed within the standard ROOT event-loop.
  2. asynchronous timer is passed to the operating system which sends an external signal to ROOT and thus interrupts its event-loop.

You can use this class in one of the following ways:

Minimum timeout interval is defined in TSystem::ESysConstants as kItimerResolution (currently 10 ms).

Signal/slots example:

TTimer *timer = new TTimer();
timer->Connect("Timeout()", "myObjectClassName",
myObject, "TimerDone()");
timer->Start(2000, kTRUE); // 2 seconds single-shot
const Bool_t kTRUE
Definition: RtypesCore.h:89
Bool_t Connect(const char *signal, const char *receiver_class, void *receiver, const char *slot)
Non-static method is used to connect from the signal of this object to the receiver slot.
Definition: TQObject.cxx:866
Handles synchronous and a-synchronous timer events.
Definition: TTimer.h:51
virtual void Start(Long_t milliSec=-1, Bool_t singleShot=kFALSE)
Starts the timer with a milliSec timeout.
Definition: TTimer.cxx:211
TTimer(const TTimer &)

To emit the Timeout signal repeatedly with minimum timeout:

timer->Start(0, kFALSE);
const Bool_t kFALSE
Definition: RtypesCore.h:90

Definition at line 51 of file TTimer.h.

Public Member Functions

 TTimer (const char *command, Long_t milliSec, Bool_t mode=kTRUE)
 Create timer that times out in ms milliseconds. More...
 
 TTimer (Long_t milliSec=0, Bool_t mode=kTRUE)
 Create timer that times out in ms milliseconds. More...
 
 TTimer (TObject *obj, Long_t milliSec, Bool_t mode=kTRUE)
 Create timer that times out in ms milliseconds. More...
 
virtual ~TTimer ()
 
void Add ()
 
Bool_t CheckTimer (const TTime &now)
 Check if timer timed out. More...
 
TTime GetAbsTime () const
 
const char * GetCommand () const
 
TObjectGetObject ()
 
TTime GetTime () const
 
UInt_t GetTimerID ()
 
Bool_t HasTimedOut () const
 
Bool_t IsAsync () const
 
Bool_t IsInterruptingSyscalls () const
 
Bool_t IsSync () const
 
virtual Bool_t Notify ()
 Notify when timer times out. More...
 
void Remove ()
 
void Reset ()
 Reset the timer. More...
 
void SetCommand (const char *command)
 Set the interpreter command to be executed at time out. More...
 
void SetInterruptSyscalls (Bool_t set=kTRUE)
 When the argument is true the a-synchronous timer (SIGALRM) signal handler is set so that interrupted syscalls will not be restarted by the kernel. More...
 
void SetObject (TObject *object)
 Set the object to be notified at time out. More...
 
void SetTime (Long_t milliSec)
 
void SetTimerID (UInt_t id=0)
 
virtual void Start (Long_t milliSec=-1, Bool_t singleShot=kFALSE)
 Starts the timer with a milliSec timeout. More...
 
virtual void Stop ()
 
virtual void Timeout ()
 
virtual void TurnOff ()
 Remove timer from system timer list. More...
 
virtual void TurnOn ()
 Add the timer to the system timer list. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from TSysEvtHandler
 TSysEvtHandler ()
 
virtual ~TSysEvtHandler ()
 
void Activate ()
 Activate a system event handler. More...
 
virtual void Activated ()
 
virtual void Add ()=0
 
virtual void Added ()
 
void DeActivate ()
 De-activate a system event handler. More...
 
virtual void DeActivated ()
 
Bool_t IsActive () const
 
virtual void Notified ()
 
virtual Bool_t Notify ()=0
 This method must be overridden to handle object notification. More...
 
virtual void Remove ()=0
 
virtual void Removed ()
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from TObject
 TObject ()
 TObject constructor. More...
 
 TObject (const TObject &object)
 TObject copy ctor. More...
 
virtual ~TObject ()
 TObject destructor. More...
 
void AbstractMethod (const char *method) const
 Use this method to implement an "abstract" method that you don't want to leave purely abstract. More...
 
virtual void AppendPad (Option_t *option="")
 Append graphics object to current pad. More...
 
virtual void Browse (TBrowser *b)
 Browse object. May be overridden for another default action. More...
 
ULong_t CheckedHash ()
 Check and record whether this class has a consistent Hash/RecursiveRemove setup (*) and then return the regular Hash value for this object. More...
 
virtual const char * ClassName () const
 Returns name of class to which the object belongs. More...
 
virtual void Clear (Option_t *="")
 
virtual TObjectClone (const char *newname="") const
 Make a clone of an object using the Streamer facility. More...
 
virtual Int_t Compare (const TObject *obj) const
 Compare abstract method. More...
 
virtual void Copy (TObject &object) const
 Copy this to obj. More...
 
virtual void Delete (Option_t *option="")
 Delete this object. More...
 
virtual Int_t DistancetoPrimitive (Int_t px, Int_t py)
 Computes distance from point (px,py) to the object. More...
 
virtual void Draw (Option_t *option="")
 Default Draw method for all objects. More...
 
virtual void DrawClass () const
 Draw class inheritance tree of the class to which this object belongs. More...
 
virtual TObjectDrawClone (Option_t *option="") const
 Draw a clone of this object in the current selected pad for instance with: gROOT->SetSelectedPad(gPad). More...
 
virtual void Dump () const
 Dump contents of object on stdout. More...
 
virtual void Error (const char *method, const char *msgfmt,...) const
 Issue error message. More...
 
virtual void Execute (const char *method, const char *params, Int_t *error=0)
 Execute method on this object with the given parameter string, e.g. More...
 
virtual void Execute (TMethod *method, TObjArray *params, Int_t *error=0)
 Execute method on this object with parameters stored in the TObjArray. More...
 
virtual void ExecuteEvent (Int_t event, Int_t px, Int_t py)
 Execute action corresponding to an event at (px,py). More...
 
virtual void Fatal (const char *method, const char *msgfmt,...) const
 Issue fatal error message. More...
 
virtual TObjectFindObject (const char *name) const
 Must be redefined in derived classes. More...
 
virtual TObjectFindObject (const TObject *obj) const
 Must be redefined in derived classes. More...
 
virtual Option_tGetDrawOption () const
 Get option used by the graphics system to draw this object. More...
 
virtual const char * GetIconName () const
 Returns mime type name of object. More...
 
virtual const char * GetName () const
 Returns name of object. More...
 
virtual char * GetObjectInfo (Int_t px, Int_t py) const
 Returns string containing info about the object at position (px,py). More...
 
virtual Option_tGetOption () const
 
virtual const char * GetTitle () const
 Returns title of object. More...
 
virtual UInt_t GetUniqueID () const
 Return the unique object id. More...
 
virtual Bool_t HandleTimer (TTimer *timer)
 Execute action in response of a timer timing out. More...
 
virtual ULong_t Hash () const
 Return hash value for this object. More...
 
Bool_t HasInconsistentHash () const
 Return true is the type of this object is known to have an inconsistent setup for Hash and RecursiveRemove (i.e. More...
 
virtual void Info (const char *method, const char *msgfmt,...) const
 Issue info message. More...
 
virtual Bool_t InheritsFrom (const char *classname) const
 Returns kTRUE if object inherits from class "classname". More...
 
virtual Bool_t InheritsFrom (const TClass *cl) const
 Returns kTRUE if object inherits from TClass cl. More...
 
virtual void Inspect () const
 Dump contents of this object in a graphics canvas. More...
 
void InvertBit (UInt_t f)
 
virtual Bool_t IsEqual (const TObject *obj) const
 Default equal comparison (objects are equal if they have the same address in memory). More...
 
virtual Bool_t IsFolder () const
 Returns kTRUE in case object contains browsable objects (like containers or lists of other objects). More...
 
R__ALWAYS_INLINE Bool_t IsOnHeap () const
 
virtual Bool_t IsSortable () const
 
R__ALWAYS_INLINE Bool_t IsZombie () const
 
virtual void ls (Option_t *option="") const
 The ls function lists the contents of a class on stdout. More...
 
void MayNotUse (const char *method) const
 Use this method to signal that a method (defined in a base class) may not be called in a derived class (in principle against good design since a child class should not provide less functionality than its parent, however, sometimes it is necessary). More...
 
virtual Bool_t Notify ()
 This method must be overridden to handle object notification. More...
 
void Obsolete (const char *method, const char *asOfVers, const char *removedFromVers) const
 Use this method to declare a method obsolete. More...
 
void operator delete (void *ptr)
 Operator delete. More...
 
void operator delete[] (void *ptr)
 Operator delete []. More...
 
voidoperator new (size_t sz)
 
voidoperator new (size_t sz, void *vp)
 
voidoperator new[] (size_t sz)
 
voidoperator new[] (size_t sz, void *vp)
 
TObjectoperator= (const TObject &rhs)
 TObject assignment operator. More...
 
virtual void Paint (Option_t *option="")
 This method must be overridden if a class wants to paint itself. More...
 
virtual void Pop ()
 Pop on object drawn in a pad to the top of the display list. More...
 
virtual void Print (Option_t *option="") const
 This method must be overridden when a class wants to print itself. More...
 
virtual Int_t Read (const char *name)
 Read contents of object with specified name from the current directory. More...
 
virtual void RecursiveRemove (TObject *obj)
 Recursively remove this object from a list. More...
 
void ResetBit (UInt_t f)
 
virtual void SaveAs (const char *filename="", Option_t *option="") const
 Save this object in the file specified by filename. More...
 
virtual void SavePrimitive (std::ostream &out, Option_t *option="")
 Save a primitive as a C++ statement(s) on output stream "out". More...
 
void SetBit (UInt_t f)
 
void SetBit (UInt_t f, Bool_t set)
 Set or unset the user status bits as specified in f. More...
 
virtual void SetDrawOption (Option_t *option="")
 Set drawing option for object. More...
 
virtual void SetUniqueID (UInt_t uid)
 Set the unique object id. More...
 
virtual void SysError (const char *method, const char *msgfmt,...) const
 Issue system error message. More...
 
R__ALWAYS_INLINE Bool_t TestBit (UInt_t f) const
 
Int_t TestBits (UInt_t f) const
 
virtual void UseCurrentStyle ()
 Set current style settings in this object This function is called when either TCanvas::UseCurrentStyle or TROOT::ForceStyle have been invoked. More...
 
virtual void Warning (const char *method, const char *msgfmt,...) const
 Issue warning message. More...
 
virtual Int_t Write (const char *name=0, Int_t option=0, Int_t bufsize=0)
 Write this object to the current directory. More...
 
virtual Int_t Write (const char *name=0, Int_t option=0, Int_t bufsize=0) const
 Write this object to the current directory. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from TQObject
 TQObject ()
 TQObject Constructor. More...
 
virtual ~TQObject ()
 TQObject Destructor. More...
 
Bool_t AreSignalsBlocked () const
 
Bool_t BlockSignals (Bool_t b)
 
virtual void ChangedBy (const char *method)
 
void CollectClassSignalLists (TList &list, TClass *cls)
 Collect class signal lists from class cls and all its base-classes. More...
 
Bool_t Connect (const char *signal, const char *receiver_class, void *receiver, const char *slot)
 Non-static method is used to connect from the signal of this object to the receiver slot. More...
 
virtual void Connected (const char *)
 
virtual void Destroyed ()
 
Bool_t Disconnect (const char *signal=0, void *receiver=0, const char *slot=0)
 Disconnects signal of this object from slot of receiver. More...
 
virtual void Disconnected (const char *)
 
void Emit (const char *signal)
 Acitvate signal without args. More...
 
template<typename T >
void Emit (const char *signal, const T &arg)
 Activate signal with single parameter. More...
 
template<typename... T>
void EmitVA (const char *signal_name, Int_t, const T &... params)
 Emit a signal with a varying number of arguments. More...
 
TListGetListOfClassSignals () const
 Returns pointer to list of signals of this class. More...
 
TListGetListOfConnections () const
 
TListGetListOfSignals () const
 
virtual Bool_t HasConnection (const char *signal_name) const
 Return true if there is any object connected to this signal. More...
 
virtual void HighPriority (const char *signal_name, const char *slot_name=0)
 
virtual void LowPriority (const char *signal_name, const char *slot_name=0)
 
virtual void Message (const char *msg)
 
virtual Int_t NumberOfConnections () const
 Return number of connections for this object. More...
 
virtual Int_t NumberOfSignals () const
 Return number of signals for this object. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static void SingleShot (Int_t milliSec, const char *receiver_class, void *receiver, const char *method)
 This static function calls a slot after a given time interval. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from TObject
static Long_t GetDtorOnly ()
 Return destructor only flag. More...
 
static Bool_t GetObjectStat ()
 Get status of object stat flag. More...
 
static void SetDtorOnly (void *obj)
 Set destructor only flag. More...
 
static void SetObjectStat (Bool_t stat)
 Turn on/off tracking of objects in the TObjectTable. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from TQObject
static Bool_t AreAllSignalsBlocked ()
 Returns true if all signals are blocked. More...
 
static Bool_t BlockAllSignals (Bool_t b)
 Block or unblock all signals. Returns the previous block status. More...
 
static Bool_t Connect (const char *sender_class, const char *signal, const char *receiver_class, void *receiver, const char *slot)
 This method allows to make a connection from any object of the same class to a single slot. More...
 
static Bool_t Connect (TQObject *sender, const char *signal, const char *receiver_class, void *receiver, const char *slot)
 Create connection between sender and receiver. More...
 
static Bool_t Disconnect (const char *class_name, const char *signal, void *receiver=0, const char *slot=0)
 Disconnects "class signal". More...
 
static Bool_t Disconnect (TQObject *sender, const char *signal=0, void *receiver=0, const char *slot=0)
 Disconnects signal in object sender from slot_method in object receiver. More...
 

Protected Attributes

TTime fAbsTime
 
TString fCommand
 
Bool_t fIntSyscalls
 
TObjectfObject
 
Bool_t fSync
 
TTime fTime
 
UInt_t fTimeID
 
Bool_t fTimeout
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from TQObject
TListfListOfConnections
 list of signals from this object More...
 
TListfListOfSignals
 
Bool_t fSignalsBlocked
 list of connections to this object More...
 

Private Member Functions

 TTimer (const TTimer &)
 
TTimeroperator= (const TTimer &)
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from TObject
enum  {
  kIsOnHeap = 0x01000000 , kNotDeleted = 0x02000000 , kZombie = 0x04000000 , kInconsistent = 0x08000000 ,
  kBitMask = 0x00ffffff
}
 
enum  { kSingleKey = BIT(0) , kOverwrite = BIT(1) , kWriteDelete = BIT(2) }
 
enum  EDeprecatedStatusBits { kObjInCanvas = BIT(3) }
 
enum  EStatusBits {
  kCanDelete = BIT(0) , kMustCleanup = BIT(3) , kIsReferenced = BIT(4) , kHasUUID = BIT(5) ,
  kCannotPick = BIT(6) , kNoContextMenu = BIT(8) , kInvalidObject = BIT(13)
}
 
- Protected Types inherited from TObject
enum  { kOnlyPrepStep = BIT(3) }
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from TObject
virtual void DoError (int level, const char *location, const char *fmt, va_list va) const
 Interface to ErrorHandler (protected). More...
 
void MakeZombie ()
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from TQObject
virtual voidGetSender ()
 
virtual const char * GetSenderClassName () const
 
- Static Protected Member Functions inherited from TQObject
static Int_t CheckConnectArgs (TQObject *sender, TClass *sender_class, const char *signal, TClass *receiver_class, const char *slot)
 Checking of consitency of sender/receiver methods/arguments. More...
 
static TString CompressName (const char *method_name)
 Removes "const" words and blanks from full (with prototype) method name and resolve any typedefs in the method signature. More...
 
static Bool_t ConnectToClass (const char *sender_class, const char *signal, TClass *receiver_class, void *receiver, const char *slot)
 This method allows to make connection from any object of the same class to the receiver object. More...
 
static Bool_t ConnectToClass (TQObject *sender, const char *signal, TClass *receiver_class, void *receiver, const char *slot)
 Create connection between sender and receiver. More...
 
- Static Protected Attributes inherited from TQObject
static Bool_t fgAllSignalsBlocked = kFALSE
 flag used for suppression of signals More...
 

#include <TTimer.h>

Inheritance diagram for TTimer:
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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ TTimer() [1/4]

TTimer::TTimer ( const TTimer )
private

◆ TTimer() [2/4]

TTimer::TTimer ( Long_t  ms = 0,
Bool_t  mode = kTRUE 
)

Create timer that times out in ms milliseconds.

If milliSec is 0 then the timeout will be the minimum timeout (see TSystem::ESysConstants, i.e. 10 ms). If mode == kTRUE then the timer is synchronous else a-synchronous. The default is synchronous. Add a timer to the system eventloop by calling TurnOn(). Set command to be executed from Notify() or set the object whose HandleTimer() method will be called via Notify(), derive from TTimer and override Notify() or connect slots to the signals Timeout(), TurnOn() and TurnOff().

Definition at line 86 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ TTimer() [3/4]

TTimer::TTimer ( TObject obj,
Long_t  ms,
Bool_t  mode = kTRUE 
)

Create timer that times out in ms milliseconds.

If mode == kTRUE then the timer is synchronous else a-synchronous. The default is synchronous. Add a timer to the system eventloop by calling TurnOn(). The object's HandleTimer() will be called by Notify().

Definition at line 101 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ TTimer() [4/4]

TTimer::TTimer ( const char *  command,
Long_t  ms,
Bool_t  mode = kTRUE 
)

Create timer that times out in ms milliseconds.

If mode == kTRUE then the timer is synchronous else a-synchronous. The default is synchronous. Add a timer to the system eventloop by calling TurnOn(). The interpreter will execute command from Notify().

Definition at line 116 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ ~TTimer()

virtual TTimer::~TTimer ( )
inlinevirtual

Definition at line 71 of file TTimer.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ Add()

void TTimer::Add ( )
inlinevirtual

Implements TSysEvtHandler.

Definition at line 84 of file TTimer.h.

◆ CheckTimer()

Bool_t TTimer::CheckTimer ( const TTime now)

Check if timer timed out.

Definition at line 128 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ GetAbsTime()

TTime TTimer::GetAbsTime ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 78 of file TTimer.h.

◆ GetCommand()

const char * TTimer::GetCommand ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 74 of file TTimer.h.

◆ GetObject()

TObject * TTimer::GetObject ( )
inline

Definition at line 75 of file TTimer.h.

◆ GetTime()

TTime TTimer::GetTime ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 76 of file TTimer.h.

◆ GetTimerID()

UInt_t TTimer::GetTimerID ( )
inline

Definition at line 77 of file TTimer.h.

◆ HasTimedOut()

Bool_t TTimer::HasTimedOut ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 79 of file TTimer.h.

◆ IsAsync()

Bool_t TTimer::IsAsync ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 81 of file TTimer.h.

◆ IsInterruptingSyscalls()

Bool_t TTimer::IsInterruptingSyscalls ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 82 of file TTimer.h.

◆ IsSync()

Bool_t TTimer::IsSync ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 80 of file TTimer.h.

◆ Notify()

Bool_t TTimer::Notify ( )
virtual

Notify when timer times out.

The timer is always reset. To stop the timer call TurnOff(). Make sure to call Reset() also in derived Notify() so timers will keep working repeatedly.

Implements TSysEvtHandler.

Reimplemented in TProcessEventTimer, TThreadTimer, TGLRedrawTimer, TViewTimer, TShutdownTimer, TReaperTimer, and TIdleTOTimer.

Definition at line 143 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ operator=()

TTimer & TTimer::operator= ( const TTimer )
private

◆ Remove()

void TTimer::Remove ( )
inlinevirtual

Implements TSysEvtHandler.

Definition at line 85 of file TTimer.h.

◆ Reset()

void TTimer::Reset ( void  )

Reset the timer.

Definition at line 157 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ SetCommand()

void TTimer::SetCommand ( const char *  command)

Set the interpreter command to be executed at time out.

Removes the object to be notified (if it was set).

Definition at line 174 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ SetInterruptSyscalls()

void TTimer::SetInterruptSyscalls ( Bool_t  set = kTRUE)

When the argument is true the a-synchronous timer (SIGALRM) signal handler is set so that interrupted syscalls will not be restarted by the kernel.

This is typically used in case one wants to put a timeout on an I/O operation. By default interrupted syscalls will be restarted.

Definition at line 197 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ SetObject()

void TTimer::SetObject ( TObject object)

Set the object to be notified at time out.

Removes the command to be executed (if it was set).

Definition at line 184 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ SetTime()

void TTimer::SetTime ( Long_t  milliSec)
inline

Definition at line 90 of file TTimer.h.

◆ SetTimerID()

void TTimer::SetTimerID ( UInt_t  id = 0)
inline

Definition at line 91 of file TTimer.h.

◆ SingleShot()

void TTimer::SingleShot ( Int_t  milliSec,
const char *  receiver_class,
void receiver,
const char *  method 
)
static

This static function calls a slot after a given time interval.

Created internal timer will be deleted after that.

Definition at line 256 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ Start()

void TTimer::Start ( Long_t  milliSec = -1,
Bool_t  singleShot = kFALSE 
)
virtual

Starts the timer with a milliSec timeout.

If milliSec is 0 then the timeout will be the minimum timeout (see TSystem::ESysConstants, i.e. 10 ms), if milliSec is -1 then the time interval as previously specified (in ctor or SetTime()) will be used. If singleShot is kTRUE, the timer will be activated only once, otherwise it will continue until it is stopped. See also TurnOn(), Stop(), TurnOff().

Definition at line 211 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ Stop()

virtual void TTimer::Stop ( )
inlinevirtual

Reimplemented in TGLRedrawTimer.

Definition at line 93 of file TTimer.h.

◆ Timeout()

virtual void TTimer::Timeout ( )
inlinevirtual

Definition at line 96 of file TTimer.h.

◆ TurnOff()

void TTimer::TurnOff ( )
virtual

Remove timer from system timer list.

This requires that a timer has been placed in the system timer list (using TurnOn()). If a TTimer subclass is placed on another list, override TurnOff() to remove the timer from the correct list.

Definition at line 229 of file TTimer.cxx.

◆ TurnOn()

void TTimer::TurnOn ( )
virtual

Add the timer to the system timer list.

If a TTimer subclass has to be placed on another list, override TurnOn() to add the timer to the correct list.

Definition at line 241 of file TTimer.cxx.

Member Data Documentation

◆ fAbsTime

TTime TTimer::fAbsTime
protected

Definition at line 55 of file TTimer.h.

◆ fCommand

TString TTimer::fCommand
protected

Definition at line 61 of file TTimer.h.

◆ fIntSyscalls

Bool_t TTimer::fIntSyscalls
protected

Definition at line 58 of file TTimer.h.

◆ fObject

TObject* TTimer::fObject
protected

Definition at line 60 of file TTimer.h.

◆ fSync

Bool_t TTimer::fSync
protected

Definition at line 57 of file TTimer.h.

◆ fTime

TTime TTimer::fTime
protected

Definition at line 54 of file TTimer.h.

◆ fTimeID

UInt_t TTimer::fTimeID
protected

Definition at line 59 of file TTimer.h.

◆ fTimeout

Bool_t TTimer::fTimeout
protected

Definition at line 56 of file TTimer.h.


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