class Action
# when this action is due next (updated by tick())
- attr_accessor :in
+ attr_reader :in
# is this action blocked? if so it won't be run
attr_accessor :blocked
-
+
# period:: how often (seconds) to run the action
# data:: optional data to pass to the proc
# once:: optional, if true, this action will be run once then removed
@func = func
@data = data
@once = once
+ @last_tick = Time.new
+ end
+
+ def tick
+ diff = Time.new - @last_tick
+ @in -= diff
+ @last_tick = Time.new
+ end
+
+ def inspect
+ "#<#{self.class}:#{@period}s:#{@once ? 'once' : 'repeat'}>"
+ end
+
+ def due?
+ @in <= 0
end
# run the action by calling its proc
def run
@in += @period
+ # really short duration timers can overrun and leave @in negative,
+ # for these we set @in to @period
+ @in = @period if @in <= 0
if(@data)
@func.call(@data)
else
# timer handler, manage multiple Action objects, calling them when required.
# The timer must be ticked by whatever controls it, i.e. regular calls to
# tick() at whatever granularity suits your application's needs.
- # Alternatively you can call run(), and the timer will tick itself, but this
- # blocks so you gotta do it in a thread (remember ruby's threads block on
- # syscalls so that can suck).
+ #
+ # Alternatively you can call run(), and the timer will spawn a thread and
+ # tick itself, intelligently shutting down the thread if there are no
+ # pending actions.
class Timer
- def initialize
- @timers = Array.new
+ def initialize(granularity = 0.1)
+ @granularity = granularity
+ @timers = Hash.new
@handle = 0
@lasttime = 0
+ @should_be_running = false
+ @thread = false
+ @next_action_time = 0
end
# period:: how often (seconds) to run the action
#
# add an action to the timer
def add(period, data=nil, &func)
+ debug "adding timer, period #{period}"
@handle += 1
@timers[@handle] = Action.new(period, data, &func)
+ start_on_add
return @handle
end
- # period:: how often (seconds) to run the action
+ # period:: how long (seconds) until the action is run
# data:: optional data to pass to the action's proc
# func:: associate a block with add() to perform the action
#
# add an action to the timer which will be run just once, after +period+
def add_once(period, data=nil, &func)
+ debug "adding one-off timer, period #{period}"
@handle += 1
@timers[@handle] = Action.new(period, data, true, &func)
+ start_on_add
return @handle
end
# remove action with handle +handle+ from the timer
def remove(handle)
- @timers.delete_at(handle)
+ @timers.delete(handle)
end
# block action with handle +handle+
def unblock(handle)
@timers[handle].blocked = false
end
-
+
# you can call this when you know you're idle, or you can split off a
# thread and call the run() method to do it for you.
def tick
- if(@lasttime != 0)
- diff = (Time.now - @lasttime).to_f
- @lasttime = Time.now
- @timers.compact.each { |timer|
- timer.in = timer.in - diff
- }
- @timers.compact.each { |timer|
- if (!timer.blocked)
- if(timer.in <= 0)
- if(timer.run)
- # run once
- @timers.delete(timer)
- end
- end
- end
- }
- else
+ if(@lasttime == 0)
# don't do anything on the first tick
@lasttime = Time.now
+ return
end
+ @next_action_time = 0
+ diff = (Time.now - @lasttime).to_f
+ @lasttime = Time.now
+ @timers.each { |key,timer|
+ timer.tick
+ next if timer.blocked
+ if(timer.due?)
+ if(timer.run)
+ # run once
+ @timers.delete(key)
+ end
+ end
+ if @next_action_time == 0 || timer.in < @next_action_time
+ @next_action_time = timer.in
+ end
+ }
+ #debug "ticked. now #{@timers.length} timers remain"
+ #debug "next timer due at #{@next_action_time}"
end
- # the timer will tick() itself. this blocks, so run it in a thread, and
- # watch out for blocking syscalls
+ # for backwards compat - this is a bit primitive
def run(granularity=0.1)
while(true)
sleep(granularity)
tick
end
end
+
+ def running?
+ @thread && @thread.alive?
+ end
+
+ # return the number of seconds until the next action is due, or 0 if
+ # none are outstanding - will only be accurate immediately after a
+ # tick()
+ def next_action_time
+ @next_action_time
+ end
+
+ # start the timer, it spawns a thread to tick the timer, intelligently
+ # shutting down if no events remain and starting again when needed.
+ def start
+ return if running?
+ @should_be_running = true
+ start_thread unless @timers.empty?
+ end
+
+ # stop the timer from ticking
+ def stop
+ @should_be_running = false
+ stop_thread
+ end
+
+ private
+
+ def start_on_add
+ if running?
+ stop_thread
+ start_thread
+ elsif @should_be_running
+ start_thread
+ end
+ end
+
+ def stop_thread
+ return unless running?
+ @thread.kill
+ end
+
+ def start_thread
+ return if running?
+ @thread = Thread.new do
+ while(true)
+ tick
+ exit if @timers.empty?
+ sleep(@next_action_time)
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
end
end
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