FixedRateTimer

Implements: IClosable

Description

The FixerRateTimer class represents a timer that is triggered in equal time intervals.

Important points

• It has symmetric cross-language implementation and is often used by the Pip.Services toolkit to perform periodic processing and cleanup in microservices.

Constructors

Creates new instance of the timer and sets its values.

FixedRateTimer(task_or_object: Any = None, interval: int = None, delay: int = None)

• task_or_object: Any - (optional) a Notifiable object or callback function to call when timer is triggered.
• interval: int - (optional) an interval to trigger timer in milliseconds.
• delay: int - (optional) a delay before the first triggering in milliseconds.

Instance methods

close

Closes the timer.

This is required by IClosable interface, but besides that it is identical to stop().

close(context: Optional[IContext])

• context: IContext - (optional) a context to trace execution through a call chain.

get_callback

Gets the callback function that is called when this timer is triggered.

get_callback(): Callable

• returns: Callable - the callback function or None if it is not set.

get_delay

Gets initial delay before the timer is triggered for the first time.

getDelay(): int

• returns: int - the delay in milliseconds.

get_interval

Gets periodic timer triggering interval.

get_interval(): int

• returns: int - the interval in milliseconds

get_task

Gets the INotifiable object that receives notifications from this timer.

get_task(): INotifiable

• returns: INotifiable - the INotifiable object or None if it is not set.

set_task

Sets a new INotifiable object to receive notifications from this timer.

set_task(value: INotifiable)

• value: INotifiable - a INotifiable object to be triggered.

is_started

Checks if the timer is started.

is_started(): bool

• returns: bool - true if the timer is started and false if it is stopped.

set_callback

Sets the callback function that is called when this timer is triggered.

set_callback(value: Callable)

• value: Callable - the callback function to be called.

set_delay

Sets initial delay before the timer is triggered for the first time.

set_delay(value: int)

• value: int - a delay in milliseconds.

set_interval

Sets periodic timer triggering interval.

set_interval(value: int)

• value: int - an interval in milliseconds.

start

Starts the timer.

Initially the timer is triggered after delay. After that it, is triggered after interval until it is stopped.

start()

stop

Stops the timer.

stop()

Examples

class MyComponent:

    timer: FixedRateTimer = FixedRateTimer(self.__cleanup, 60000)

    ...
    def open(context: str): 
        ...
        timer.start()
        ...
    
    
    def close(context: str): 
        ...
        timer.stop()
        ...
    
    
    def __cleanup(): 
        ...
    
    ...

See also

• INotifiable