com.caucho.util

Class AlarmClock

java.lang.Object

com.caucho.util.AlarmClock

public class AlarmClock
extends java.lang.Object

The alarm class provides a lightweight event scheduler. This allows an objects to schedule a timeout without creating a new thread.

A separate thread periodically tests the queue for alarms ready.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AlarmClock()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	extractAlarm(long now, boolean isTest) Returns the next alarm ready to run
boolean	queueAt(Alarm alarm, long wakeTime) Queue the alarm for wakeup.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AlarmClock

public AlarmClock()

Method Detail

queueAt

public boolean queueAt(Alarm alarm,
                       long wakeTime)

Queue the alarm for wakeup.

Parameters:

delta - time in milliseconds to wake

extractAlarm

public long extractAlarm(long now,
                         boolean isTest)

Returns the next alarm ready to run

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object