dlib/examples/timer_ex.cpp

/*
    This is an example illustrating the use of the timer object.

    The timer object is an object that calls some user specified member function
    in its own thread at regular intervals.
*/


#include "dlib/timer.h"
#include "dlib/misc_api.h" // for dlib::sleep
#include <iostream>

using namespace dlib;
using namespace std;

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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>::kernel_1a t;

    void action_function()
    {
        // print out a message so we can see that this function is being triggered
        cout << "action_function() called" << endl;
    }
};

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int main()
{
    timer_example e;

    // sleep for 10 seconds before letting the program end
    dlib::sleep(10000);
}

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