com.sun.javatest.util
Class Timer

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.javatest.util.Timer

public class Timer
extends java.lang.Object

Timer objects accept requests to call back on Timeable objects after a specifiable delay.

See Also:

Timer.Timeable

Nested Class Summary

class	Timer.Entry Entry objects are returned as the result calling requestDelayedCallback on a timer; they may be used to cancel the request.
static interface	Timer.Timeable Implementations of this interface are passed to Timer, to be called back after a specified interval.

Constructor Summary

Timer()
Create and start a timer object.

Method Summary

void	cancel(Timer.Entry e) Cancel a prior request to requestDelayedEntry().
void	finished() Stop accepting requests.
Timer.Entry	requestDelayedCallback(Timer.Timeable obj, long delay) Request that the Timeable object given will have its timeout() method called after not less than delay milliseconds.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer()

Create and start a timer object.

Method Detail

requestDelayedCallback

public Timer.Entry requestDelayedCallback(Timer.Timeable obj,
                                          long delay)

Request that the Timeable object given will have its timeout() method called after not less than delay milliseconds.

Parameters:

obj - The object to be called back

delay - The number of milliseconds to delay before invoking the timemout method on the callback object.

Returns:

An object which can be passed to cancel() to cancel this request

cancel

public void cancel(Timer.Entry e)

Cancel a prior request to requestDelayedEntry().

Parameters:

e - The result of the prior call to requestDelayedEntry

finished

public void finished()

Stop accepting requests.