erland.util
Class Timer

java.lang.Object
  erland.util.Timer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class Timer
extends Object
implements Runnable

Timer class that calls your object at regular intervals

Author:

Erland Isaksson

Constructor Summary

Timer(long delay, TimerListenerInterface listener)
Creates a new timer object which calls the specified listener at the specified interval

Method Summary

long	getDelay() Gets the current delay between timer tics
boolean	isRunning() Checks if the timer is running
void	run() Main loop
void	setDelay(long delay) Sets the delay between timer ticks
void	start() Starts the timer after it has been stopped
void	stop() Stops the timer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer(long delay,
             TimerListenerInterface listener)

Creates a new timer object which calls the specified listener at the specified interval

Parameters:

delay - Number of milliseconds between calls

listener - Listener object that should be called

Method Detail

isRunning

public boolean isRunning()

Checks if the timer is running

stop

public void stop()

Stops the timer

start

public void start()

Starts the timer after it has been stopped

setDelay

public void setDelay(long delay)

Sets the delay between timer ticks

Parameters:

delay - Number of milliseconds between each timer tick

getDelay

public long getDelay()

Gets the current delay between timer tics

Returns:

Number of milliseconds between each timer tick

run

public void run()

Main loop

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable