Interface hilbish.timers

timeout and interval API

Introduction

If you ever want to run a piece of code on a timed interval, or want to wait a few seconds, you don’t have to rely on timing tricks, as Hilbish has a timer API to set intervals and timeouts.

These are the simple functions hilbish.interval and hilbish.timeout (doc accessible with doc hilbish). But if you want slightly more control over them, there is the hilbish.timers interface. It allows you to get a timer via ID and control them.

All functions documented with the Timer type refer to a Timer object.

An example of usage:

local t = hilbish.timers.create(1, 5000, function()
	print 'hello!'
end)

t:stop()
print(t.running, t.duration, t.type)
t:start()

Interface fields

• INTERVAL: Constant for an interval timer type
• TIMEOUT: Constant for a timeout timer type

Object properties

• type: What type of timer it is
• running: If the timer is running
• duration: The duration in milliseconds that the timer will run

Functions

start()

Starts a timer.

stop()

Stops a timer.

create(type, time, callback)

Creates a timer that runs based on the specified time in milliseconds. The type can either be hilbish.timers.INTERVAL or hilbish.timers.TIMEOUT

get(id) -> timer (Timer/Table)

Retrieves a timer via its ID.