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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

To emit the Timeout signal repeatedly with minimum timeout:

timer->Start(0, kFALSE);

Definition at line 57 of file TTimer.h.

Public Member Functions

 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...
 
 TTimer (const char *command, Long_t milliSec, Bool_t mode=kTRUE)
 Create timer that times out in ms milliseconds. More...
 
virtual ~TTimer ()
 
Bool_t CheckTimer (const TTime &now)
 Check if timer timed out. More...
 
const char * GetCommand () const
 
TObjectGetObject ()
 
TTime GetTime () const
 
UInt_t GetTimerID ()
 
TTime GetAbsTime () const
 
Bool_t HasTimedOut () const
 
Bool_t IsSync () const
 
Bool_t IsAsync () const
 
Bool_t IsInterruptingSyscalls () const
 
virtual Bool_t Notify ()
 Notify when timer times out. More...
 
void Add ()
 
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 SetObject (TObject *object)
 Set the object to be notified 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 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 TurnOn ()
 Add the timer to the system timer list. More...
 
virtual void TurnOff ()
 Remove timer from system timer list. More...
 
virtual void Timeout ()
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from TSysEvtHandler
 TSysEvtHandler ()
 
virtual ~TSysEvtHandler ()
 
void Activate ()
 
void DeActivate ()
 De-activate a system event handler. More...
 
Bool_t IsActive () const
 
virtual void Activated ()
 
virtual void DeActivated ()
 
virtual void Notified ()
 
virtual void Added ()
 
virtual void Removed ()
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from TObject
 TObject ()
 
 TObject (const TObject &object)
 TObject copy ctor. More...
 
TObjectoperator= (const TObject &rhs)
 TObject assignment operator. More...
 
virtual ~TObject ()
 TObject destructor. 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...
 
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 pad. More...
 
virtual void Dump () const
 Dump contents of object on stdout. 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 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 UInt_t GetUniqueID () const
 Return the unique object id. More...
 
virtual const char * GetName () const
 Returns name of object. More...
 
virtual const char * GetIconName () const
 Returns mime type name of object. More...
 
virtual Option_tGetOption () const
 
virtual char * GetObjectInfo (Int_t px, Int_t py) const
 Returns string containing info about the object at position (px,py). More...
 
virtual const char * GetTitle () const
 Returns title of object. 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...
 
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...
 
virtual Bool_t IsFolder () const
 Returns kTRUE in case object contains browsable objects (like containers or lists of other objects). More...
 
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 IsSortable () const
 
Bool_t IsOnHeap () const
 
Bool_t IsZombie () const
 
virtual void ls (Option_t *option="") const
 The ls function lists the contents of a class on stdout. 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...
 
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...
 
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 UseCurrentStyle ()
 Set current style settings in this object This function is called when either TCanvas::UseCurrentStyle or TROOT::ForceStyle have been invoked. 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...
 
voidoperator new (size_t sz)
 
voidoperator new[] (size_t sz)
 
voidoperator new (size_t sz, void *vp)
 
voidoperator new[] (size_t sz, void *vp)
 
void operator delete (void *ptr)
 Operator delete. More...
 
void operator delete[] (void *ptr)
 Operator delete []. More...
 
void SetBit (UInt_t f, Bool_t set)
 Set or unset the user status bits as specified in f. More...
 
void SetBit (UInt_t f)
 
void ResetBit (UInt_t f)
 
Bool_t TestBit (UInt_t f) const
 
Int_t TestBits (UInt_t f) const
 
void InvertBit (UInt_t f)
 
virtual void Info (const char *method, const char *msgfmt,...) const
 Issue info message. More...
 
virtual void Warning (const char *method, const char *msgfmt,...) const
 Issue warning message. More...
 
virtual void Error (const char *method, const char *msgfmt,...) const
 Issue error message. More...
 
virtual void SysError (const char *method, const char *msgfmt,...) const
 Issue system error message. More...
 
virtual void Fatal (const char *method, const char *msgfmt,...) const
 Issue fatal error message. 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...
 
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...
 
void Obsolete (const char *method, const char *asOfVers, const char *removedFromVers) const
 Use this method to declare a method obsolete. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from TQObject
 TQObject ()
 TQObject Constructor. More...
 
virtual ~TQObject ()
 TQObject Destructor. More...
 
TListGetListOfClassSignals () const
 Returns pointer to list of signals of this class. More...
 
TListGetListOfSignals () const
 
TListGetListOfConnections () const
 
Bool_t AreSignalsBlocked () const
 
Bool_t BlockSignals (Bool_t b)
 
void CollectClassSignalLists (TList &list, TClass *cls)
 Collect class signal lists from class cls and all its base-classes. More...
 
template<typename... T>
void EmitVA (const char *signal_name, Int_t, const T &...params)
 
void EmitVA (const char *signal, Int_t nargs, va_list va)=delete
 
void Emit (const char *signal)
 Acitvate signal without args. More...
 
void Emit (const char *signal, Long_t *paramArr)
 Emit a signal with a varying number of arguments, paramArr is an array of the parameters. More...
 
void Emit (const char *signal, const char *params)
 Activate signal with parameter text string. More...
 
void Emit (const char *signal, Double_t param)
 Activate signal with single parameter. More...
 
void Emit (const char *signal, Long_t param)
 Activate signal with single parameter. More...
 
void Emit (const char *signal, Long64_t param)
 Activate signal with single parameter. More...
 
void Emit (const char *signal, Bool_t param)
 
void Emit (const char *signal, Char_t param)
 
void Emit (const char *signal, UChar_t param)
 
void Emit (const char *signal, Short_t param)
 
void Emit (const char *signal, UShort_t param)
 
void Emit (const char *signal, Int_t param)
 
void Emit (const char *signal, UInt_t param)
 
void Emit (const char *signal, ULong_t param)
 
void Emit (const char *signal, ULong64_t param)
 
void Emit (const char *signal, Float_t param)
 
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...
 
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 HighPriority (const char *signal_name, const char *slot_name=0)
 
virtual void LowPriority (const char *signal_name, const char *slot_name=0)
 
virtual Bool_t HasConnection (const char *signal_name) const
 Return true if there is any object connected to this signal. More...
 
virtual Int_t NumberOfSignals () const
 Return number of signals for this object. More...
 
virtual Int_t NumberOfConnections () const
 Return number of connections for this object. More...
 
virtual void Connected (const char *)
 
virtual void Disconnected (const char *)
 
virtual void Destroyed ()
 
virtual void ChangedBy (const char *method)
 
virtual void Message (const char *msg)
 

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 void SetDtorOnly (void *obj)
 Set destructor only flag. More...
 
static Bool_t GetObjectStat ()
 Get status of object stat 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 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 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 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...
 
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 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...
 

Protected Attributes

TTime fTime
 
TTime fAbsTime
 
Bool_t fTimeout
 
Bool_t fSync
 
Bool_t fIntSyscalls
 
UInt_t fTimeID
 
TObjectfObject
 
TString fCommand
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from TQObject
TListfListOfSignals
 
TListfListOfConnections
 list of signals from this object More...
 
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  EStatusBits {
  kCanDelete = BIT(0), kMustCleanup = BIT(3), kObjInCanvas = BIT(3), kIsReferenced = BIT(4),
  kHasUUID = BIT(5), kCannotPick = BIT(6), kNoContextMenu = BIT(8), kInvalidObject = BIT(13)
}
 
enum  { kIsOnHeap = 0x01000000, kNotDeleted = 0x02000000, kZombie = 0x04000000, kBitMask = 0x00ffffff }
 
enum  { kSingleKey = BIT(0), kOverwrite = BIT(1), kWriteDelete = BIT(2) }
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from TObject
void MakeZombie ()
 
virtual void DoError (int level, const char *location, const char *fmt, va_list va) const
 Interface to ErrorHandler (protected). More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from TQObject
virtual const char * GetSenderClassName () const
 
- Static Protected Member Functions inherited from TQObject
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 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 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)
 
- 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::TTimer ( const TTimer )
private

Referenced by SingleShot().

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 84 of file TTimer.cxx.

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 99 of file TTimer.cxx.

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 114 of file TTimer.cxx.

virtual TTimer::~TTimer ( )
inlinevirtual

Definition at line 77 of file TTimer.h.

Member Function Documentation

void TTimer::Add ( )
inlinevirtual

Implements TSysEvtHandler.

Definition at line 90 of file TTimer.h.

Bool_t TTimer::CheckTimer ( const TTime now)

Check if timer timed out.

Definition at line 126 of file TTimer.cxx.

Referenced by TWinNTSystem::DispatchTimers(), and TUnixSystem::DispatchTimers().

TTime TTimer::GetAbsTime ( ) const
inline
const char* TTimer::GetCommand ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 80 of file TTimer.h.

TObject* TTimer::GetObject ( )
inline

Definition at line 81 of file TTimer.h.

TTime TTimer::GetTime ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 82 of file TTimer.h.

UInt_t TTimer::GetTimerID ( )
inline

Definition at line 83 of file TTimer.h.

Bool_t TTimer::HasTimedOut ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 85 of file TTimer.h.

Bool_t TTimer::IsAsync ( ) const
inline
Bool_t TTimer::IsInterruptingSyscalls ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 88 of file TTimer.h.

Referenced by TSystem::NextTimeOut().

Bool_t TTimer::IsSync ( ) const
inline
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 TIdleTOTimer, TReaperTimer, TShutdownTimer, TGLRedrawTimer, TProcessEventTimer, TThreadTimer, and TViewTimer.

Definition at line 141 of file TTimer.cxx.

Referenced by CheckTimer().

TTimer& TTimer::operator= ( const TTimer )
private
void TTimer::Remove ( )
inlinevirtual
void TTimer::Reset ( void  )
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 172 of file TTimer.cxx.

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 195 of file TTimer.cxx.

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 182 of file TTimer.cxx.

Referenced by ClassImp(), TProofPlayerLite::SetupFeedback(), TProofPlayerRemote::SetupFeedback(), and TProofPlayerSuperMaster::SetupFeedback().

void TTimer::SetTime ( Long_t  milliSec)
inline
void TTimer::SetTimerID ( UInt_t  id = 0)
inline

Definition at line 97 of file TTimer.h.

void TTimer::SingleShot ( Int_t  milliSec,
const char *  receiver_class,
void receiver,
const char *  method 
)
static
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 209 of file TTimer.cxx.

Referenced by TRecorderReplaying::Continue(), TXProofServ::CreateServer(), TProofServ::CreateServer(), TProofServ::Fork(), TProofPlayerLite::HandleTimer(), TRecorderReplaying::Initialize(), TIdleTOTimer::Notify(), TEveManager::RegisterRedraw3D(), TRecorderReplaying::RegisterWindow(), TRecorderReplaying::ReplayRealtime(), TGLRedrawTimer::RequestDraw(), TProofCondor::SetActive(), TProofPlayerLite::SetupFeedback(), SingleShot(), TGLEventHandler::StartMouseTimer(), TRecorderRecording::StartRecording(), TQRootApplication::TQRootApplication(), and TIdleTOTimerGuard::~TIdleTOTimerGuard().

virtual void TTimer::Stop ( )
inlinevirtual
virtual void TTimer::Timeout ( )
inlinevirtual

Definition at line 102 of file TTimer.h.

Referenced by Notify().

void TTimer::TurnOff ( )
virtual
void TTimer::TurnOn ( )
virtual

Member Data Documentation

TTime TTimer::fAbsTime
protected

Definition at line 61 of file TTimer.h.

Referenced by CheckTimer(), GetAbsTime(), and Reset().

TString TTimer::fCommand
protected

Definition at line 67 of file TTimer.h.

Referenced by Notify(), SetCommand(), SetObject(), and TTimer().

Bool_t TTimer::fIntSyscalls
protected

Definition at line 64 of file TTimer.h.

Referenced by IsInterruptingSyscalls(), SetInterruptSyscalls(), and TTimer().

TObject* TTimer::fObject
protected

Definition at line 66 of file TTimer.h.

Referenced by GetObject(), Notify(), SetCommand(), SetObject(), and TTimer().

Bool_t TTimer::fSync
protected

Definition at line 63 of file TTimer.h.

Referenced by IsAsync(), IsSync(), Reset(), and TTimer().

TTime TTimer::fTime
protected

Definition at line 60 of file TTimer.h.

Referenced by GetTime(), TIdleTOTimer::Notify(), and Reset().

UInt_t TTimer::fTimeID
protected

Definition at line 65 of file TTimer.h.

Referenced by GetTimerID().

Bool_t TTimer::fTimeout
protected

Definition at line 62 of file TTimer.h.

Referenced by CheckTimer(), HasTimedOut(), TProcessEventTimer::ProcessEvents(), and Reset().


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