SoTimerSensor Class Reference
Sensor Classes

The SoTimerSensor class is a sensor which will trigger at given intervals. More...

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

Inheritance diagram for SoTimerSensor:

## Public Member Functions

| SoTimerSensor (void)
| SoTimerSensor (SoSensorCB *func, void *data)
virtual | ~SoTimerSensor (void)
void | setBaseTime (const SbTime &base)
const SbTime & | getBaseTime (void) const
void | setInterval (const SbTime &interval)
const SbTime & | getInterval (void) const
virtual void | schedule (void)
virtual void | unschedule (void)
void | reschedule (const SbTime &schedtime)
Public Member Functions inherited from SoTimerQueueSensor
| SoTimerQueueSensor (void)
| SoTimerQueueSensor (SoSensorCB *func, void *data)
virtual | ~SoTimerQueueSensor (void)
const SbTime & | getTriggerTime (void) const
virtual SbBool | isScheduled (void) const
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

## Additional Inherited Members

Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoSensor
static void | initClass (void)
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoTimerQueueSensor
void | setTriggerTime (const SbTime &time)
Protected Attributes inherited from SoTimerQueueSensor
SbBool | scheduled
Protected Attributes inherited from SoSensor
SoSensorCB * | func
void * | funcData

## Detailed Description

The SoTimerSensor class is a sensor which will trigger at given intervals.

Use sensors of this class when you want a job repeated at a certain interval, without explicitly needing to reschedule the sensor (i.e. SoTimerSensor automatically reschedules itself after it has been triggered).

SoTimerSensor instances are commonly used to trigger animation updates at a constant frame rate.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## SoTimerSensor() [1/2]

SoTimerSensor::SoTimerSensor | ( | void |  | ) |

Default constructor. Sets up an interval of 1/30th of a second.

## SoTimerSensor() [2/2]

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

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

See also
  setFunction(), setData()

## ~SoTimerSensor()

SoTimerSensor::~SoTimerSensor | ( | void |  | ) |

virtual

Destructor.

## Member Function Documentation

## setBaseTime()

void SoTimerSensor::setBaseTime | ( | const SbTime & | baseref | ) |

Set the base trigger time.

If you use this method, the trigger times will be on intervals from the given value.

Without an explicitly set base time, the next trigger invocation after a trigger has happened will be on the current time plus the interval time. Note that this will of course cause the timer to drift.

See also
  getBaseTime()

## getBaseTime()

const SbTime & SoTimerSensor::getBaseTime | ( | void |  | ) | const

Returns the base trigger time.

See also
  setBaseTime()

## setInterval()

void SoTimerSensor::setInterval | ( | const SbTime & | intervalref | ) |

Sets the time interval between each time the sensor triggers.

See also
  getInterval()

## getInterval()

const SbTime & SoTimerSensor::getInterval | ( | void |  | ) | const

Returns the timer trigger interval.

See also
  setInterval()

## schedule()

void SoTimerSensor::schedule | ( | void |  | ) |

virtual

Overrides the virtual schedule() method to be able to set up the base time, if this was not done by the user.

If no base time was set, base time will then equal the current time.

See also
  unschedule(), isScheduled()

Reimplemented from SoTimerQueueSensor.

## unschedule()

void SoTimerSensor::unschedule | ( | void |  | ) |

virtual

Overrides the virtual unschedule() method to handle unschedule() calls during triggering.

Reimplemented from SoTimerQueueSensor.

## reschedule()

void SoTimerSensor::reschedule | ( | const SbTime & | schedtime | ) |

Set new trigger time based on the given schedule time, and schedules the sensor for triggering.

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

- SoTimerSensor.h
- SoTimerSensor.cpp