SoTimerQueueSensor Class Reference
Sensor Classes

The SoTimerQueueSensor class is the abstract base class for sensors triggering on certain timer events. More...

`#include <Inventor/sensors/SoTimerQueueSensor.h>`

Inheritance diagram for SoTimerQueueSensor:

## Public Member Functions

| SoTimerQueueSensor (void)
| SoTimerQueueSensor (SoSensorCB *func, void *data)
virtual | ~SoTimerQueueSensor (void)
const SbTime & | getTriggerTime (void) const
virtual void | schedule (void)
virtual void | unschedule (void)
virtual SbBool | isScheduled (void) const
virtual void | trigger (void)
Public Member Functions inherited from SoSensor
| SoSensor (void)
| SoSensor (SoSensorCB *func, void *data)
virtual | ~SoSensor (void)
void | setFunction (SoSensorCB *callbackfunction)
SoSensorCBPtr | getFunction (void) const
void | setData (void *callbackdata)
void * | getData (void) const
void | setNextInQueue (SoSensor *next)
SoSensor * | getNextInQueue (void) const

## Protected Member Functions

void | setTriggerTime (const SbTime &time)

## Protected Attributes

SbBool | scheduled
Protected Attributes inherited from SoSensor
SoSensorCB * | func
void * | funcData

## Additional Inherited Members

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoSensor
static void | initClass (void)

## Detailed Description

The SoTimerQueueSensor class is the abstract base class for sensors triggering on certain timer events.

Timer sensors triggers upon specific points in time.

This class is an abstract superclass which collects the common interface of the various non-abstract timer sensor classes. See the documentation of the subclasses for information on what ways there are to specify base times, intervals, alarm-style single triggering, repeated triggers, etc.

Note that Coin timer sensors should in no way be considered "hard real time". That is, you cannot expect a timer to always trigger at the exact moment it was set up for. Delays in triggering could be due to other activities in Coin, a task suspended, or heavy load from other applications on the system. These situations could all cause the processing of sensor queues (from SoQt / SoWin / SoXt / whatever) to be slightly delayed, thereby causing delays in timer sensor triggering.

On modern systems, a timer will usually trigger within a few milliseconds of its designated time, though.

If a timer sensor cannot trigger at the exact moment it has been scheduled, it will be triggered at the first opportunity after the scheduled time has passed.

Here's a simple usage example. It's a standalone example, which only demonstrates how to set up a repeating timer sensor with a callback:

#include <Inventor/Xt/SoXt.h>
#include <Inventor/sensors/SoTimerSensor.h>
#include <cstdio>
static void
timeSensorCallback(void * data, SoSensor * sensor)
{
SbTime time = SbTime::getTimeOfDay();
SbString string = time.format("%S.%i");
(void)printf("%s\n", string.getString());
}
int
main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
SoXt::init("test");
SoTimerSensor * timeSensor = new SoTimerSensor;
timeSensor->setFunction(timeSensorCallback);
timeSensor->setBaseTime(SbTime::getTimeOfDay());
timeSensor->setInterval(1.0f);
timeSensor->schedule();
SoXt::mainLoop();
return 0;
}
SbString
The SbString class is a string class with convenience functions for string operations.
Definition SbString.h:52
SbTime
The SbTime class instances represents time values.
Definition SbTime.h:50
SbTime::getTimeOfDay
static SbTime getTimeOfDay(void)
Definition SbTime.cpp:148
SbTime::format
SbString format(const char *const fmt="%S.%i") const
Definition SbTime.cpp:396
SoSensor::setFunction
void setFunction(SoSensorCB *callbackfunction)
Definition SoSensor.cpp:152
SoSensor::SoSensor
SoSensor(void)
Definition SoSensor.cpp:121
SoTimerSensor
The SoTimerSensor class is a sensor which will trigger at given intervals.
Definition SoTimerSensor.h:38
SoTimerSensor::setBaseTime
void setBaseTime(const SbTime &base)
Definition SoTimerSensor.cpp:104
SoTimerSensor::schedule
virtual void schedule(void)
Definition SoTimerSensor.cpp:192
SoTimerSensor::setInterval
void setInterval(const SbTime &interval)
Definition SoTimerSensor.cpp:129

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## SoTimerQueueSensor() [1/2]

SoTimerQueueSensor::SoTimerQueueSensor | ( | void |  | ) |

Default constructor.

## SoTimerQueueSensor() [2/2]

SoTimerQueueSensor::SoTimerQueueSensor | ( | SoSensorCB * | func,
|  | void * | data )

Constructor taking as arguments the sensor callback function and the userdata which will be passed the callback.

See also
  setFunction(), setData()

## ~SoTimerQueueSensor()

SoTimerQueueSensor::~SoTimerQueueSensor | ( | void |  | ) |

virtual

Destructor.

## Member Function Documentation

## getTriggerTime()

const SbTime & SoTimerQueueSensor::getTriggerTime | ( | void |  | ) | const

Returns the time at which the sensor will trigger.

See also
  setTriggerTime()

## schedule()

void SoTimerQueueSensor::schedule | ( | void |  | ) |

virtual

Put the sensor in the global timer queue.

See also
  unschedule(), isScheduled()

Implements SoSensor.

Reimplemented in SoAlarmSensor, and SoTimerSensor.

## unschedule()

void SoTimerQueueSensor::unschedule | ( | void |  | ) |

virtual

Remove sensor from the timer queue, without triggering it first.

See also
  schedule(), isScheduled()

Implements SoSensor.

Reimplemented in SoTimerSensor.

## isScheduled()

SbBool SoTimerQueueSensor::isScheduled | ( | void |  | ) | const

virtual

Check if this sensor is scheduled for triggering.

See also
  schedule(), unschedule()

Implements SoSensor.

## trigger()

void SoTimerQueueSensor::trigger | ( | void |  | ) |

virtual

Trigger the sensor's callback function.

Reimplemented from SoSensor.

## setTriggerTime()

void SoTimerQueueSensor::setTriggerTime | ( | const SbTime & | time | ) |

protected

Set absolute time at which to trigger the sensor.

See also
  getTriggerTime()

## Member Data Documentation

## scheduled

SbBool SoTimerQueueSensor::scheduled

protected

`TRUE` if the sensor is currently scheduled.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

- SoTimerQueueSensor.h
- SoTimerQueueSensor.cpp