Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] Kernel class for timers

[Mark Loumbert <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Alex,

I need this too, so please tell me when you finished !

Alex Bligh wrote:

> --On 24 April 2006 20:07 +0100 Phil Martin <phil@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > What sort of thing have you got in mind? As you hint, it would be niice
> > to have a class-based solution rather than fiddling with messages or
> > non-oo callback functions.
>
>
> What I had in mind was a timer object class (which one could derive
> ones own from if one wanted), derived from MessageHandler
> which would call a DoTimer virtual function either one-shot
> or repeatedly. This could be overridden, but the default implementation
> would broadcast a timer message, containing a pointer to the timer.
>
> So simple users could use the base-class as is (keeping a pointer
> to the timer to check whether it's their timer, or simply having
> the timer as a member of the user's class), whereas more complex ones
> which want to avoid adding to broadcast traffic could simply derive
> and override.
>
> I would probably use wxTimer as the basis for this (which effectively
> calls on idles) as opposed to hanging off the idle system.
>
> Alex