com.codename1.ui.util

Class UITimer

java.lang.Object

com.codename1.ui.util.UITimer

public class UITimer
extends Object

Simple timer callback that is invoked on the CodenameOne EDT thread rather than on a separate thread. Notice that the accuracy of this timer is very low! A timer must be linked to a specific form

Author:

Shai Almog

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	UITimer() This constructor is useful when deriving this class to implement a timer.
	UITimer(Runnable r) Constructor that accepts a runnable to invoke on timer elapse

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	cancel() Stops executing the timer
void	schedule(int timeMillis, boolean repeat, Form bound) Binds the timer to start at the given schedule
static UITimer	timer(int timeMillis, boolean repeat, Form parent, Runnable r) Convenience method to schedule a UITimer more easily
static UITimer	timer(int timeMillis, boolean repeat, Runnable r) Convenience method to schedule a UITimer more easily on the current form

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UITimer

protected UITimer()

This constructor is useful when deriving this class to implement a timer.

UITimer

public UITimer(Runnable r)

Constructor that accepts a runnable to invoke on timer elapse

Parameters:

r - runnable instance

Method Detail

schedule

public void schedule(int timeMillis,
                     boolean repeat,
                     Form bound)

Binds the timer to start at the given schedule

Parameters:

timeMillis - the time from now in milliseconds

repeat - whether the timer repeats

bound - the form to which the timer is bound

timer

public static UITimer timer(int timeMillis,
                            boolean repeat,
                            Form parent,
                            Runnable r)

Convenience method to schedule a UITimer more easily

Parameters:

timeMillis - the time from now in milliseconds

repeat - whether the timer repeats

parent - the form to which the timer is bound

r - callback when the timer elapses

Returns:

the timer instance

timer

public static UITimer timer(int timeMillis,
                            boolean repeat,
                            Runnable r)

Convenience method to schedule a UITimer more easily on the current form

Parameters:

timeMillis - the time from now in milliseconds

repeat - whether the timer repeats

r - callback when the timer elapses

Returns:

the timer instance

cancel

public void cancel()

Stops executing the timer