timer.h

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/** \addtogroup sys
 * @{ */

/**
 * \defgroup timer Timer library
 *
 * The Contiki kernel does not provide support for timed
 * events. Rather, an application that wants to use timers needs to
 * explicitly use the timer library.
 *
 * The timer library provides functions for setting, resetting and
 * restarting timers, and for checking if a timer has expired. An
 * application must "manually" check if its timers have expired; this
 * is not done automatically.
 *
 * A timer is declared as a \c struct \c timer and all access to the
 * timer is made by a pointer to the declared timer.
 *
 * \note The timer library is not able to post events when a timer
 * expires. The \ref etimer "Event timers" should be used for this
 * purpose.
 *
 * \note The timer library uses the \ref clock "Clock library" to
 * measure time. Intervals should be specified in the format used by
 * the clock library.
 *
 * \sa \ref etimer "Event timers"
 *
 * @{
 */


/**
 * \file
 * Timer library header file.
 * \author
 * Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
 */

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2004, Swedish Institute of Computer Science.
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 *
 * This file is part of the Contiki operating system.
 *
 * Author: Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
 *
 * $Id: timer.h,v 1.2 2008/09/21 08:58:05 adamdunkels Exp $
 */
#ifndef __TIMER_H__
#define __TIMER_H__

#include "sys/clock.h"

/**
 * A timer.
 *
 * This structure is used for declaring a timer. The timer must be set
 * with timer_set() before it can be used.
 *
 * \hideinitializer
 */
struct timer {
  clock_time_t start;
  clock_time_t interval;
};

void timer_set(struct timer *t, clock_time_t interval);
void timer_reset(struct timer *t);
void timer_restart(struct timer *t);
int timer_expired(struct timer *t);
clock_time_t timer_remaining(struct timer *t);


#endif /* __TIMER_H__ */

/** @} */
/** @} */