Simplified example

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Davis King 2012-11-18 13:20:49 -05:00
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/*
This is an example illustrating the use of the timer object.
This is an example illustrating the use of the timer object from the dlib C++ Library.
The timer object is an object that calls some user specified member function
in its own thread at regular intervals.
The timer is an object that calls some user specified member function at regular
intervals from another thread.
*/
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class timer_example
{
public:
timer_example(
) :
// Here we construct our timer object. It needs two things. The second argument is
// the member function it is going to call at regular intervals and the first
// argument is the object instance it will call that member function on.
t(*this,&timer_example::action_function)
{
// set the timer object to trigger every second
t.set_delay_time(1000);
// start the timer. It will start calling the action function
// 1 second from this call to start.
t.start();
}
private:
timer<timer_example> t;
void action_function()
{
// print out a message so we can see that this function is being triggered
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{
timer_example e;
// sleep for 10 seconds before letting the program end
// Here we construct our timer object. It needs two things. The second argument is
// the member function it is going to call at regular intervals and the first argument
// is the object instance it will call that member function on.
timer<timer_example> t(e, &timer_example::action_function);
// Set the timer object to trigger every second
t.set_delay_time(1000);
// Start the timer. It will start calling the action function 1 second from this call
// to start.
t.start();
// Sleep for 10 seconds before letting the program end.
dlib::sleep(10000);
// The timer will destruct itself properly and stop calling the action_function.
}
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