Module hilbish.timers
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, or Module hilbish on the Website).
An example of usage:
local t = hilbish.timers.create(hilbish.timers.TIMEOUT, 5000, function()
print 'hello!'
end)
t:start()
print(t.running) // true
Functions
| create(type, time, callback) -> @Timer | Creates a timer that runs based on the specified time. |
| get(id) -> @Timer | Retrieves a timer via its ID. |
Static module fields
| INTERVAL | Constant for an interval timer type |
| TIMEOUT | Constant for a timeout timer type |
hilbish.timers.create(type, time, callback) -> Timer
Creates a timer that runs based on the specified time.
Parameters
number type
What kind of timer to create, can either be hilbish.timers.INTERVAL or hilbish.timers.TIMEOUT
number time
The amount of time the function should run in milliseconds.
function callback
The function to run for the timer.
Types
Timer
The Job type describes a Hilbish timer.
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 |
Methods
start()
Starts a timer.
stop()
Stops a timer.