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Class: EventMachine::Timer

Relationships & Source Files
Inherits: Object
Defined in: lib/em/timers.rb

Overview

Creates a one-time timer

timer = EventMachine::Timer.new(5) do # this will never fire because we cancel it end timer.cancel

Class Method Summary

Instance Method Summary

Constructor Details

.new(interval, callback = nil, &block) ⇒ Timer

Create a new timer that fires after a given number of seconds

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# File 'lib/em/timers.rb', line 11



def initialize interval, callback=nil, &block
  @signature = EventMachine::add_timer(interval, callback || block)
end


  







Instance Method Details



  

    #cancel  
  



  

    
Cancel the timer


  



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# File 'lib/em/timers.rb', line 16



def cancel
  EventMachine.send :cancel_timer, @signature
end