cpptimer

Simple C++11 timers (interval, timeout, repeat).

In-process timers for periodic jobs that uses builder pattern for configuration. cpptimer lets you run any thing convertible to a std::function<void()> periodically at pre-determined intervals using a simple human-friendly syntax.

Features

• Simple fluent/builder API
• Allows single or multi thread updates
• Thread-safe
• Single-file header only
• No dependencies

Requirements

cpptimer requires a C++11 compiler only with <ctime> and <chrono> libraries.

Usage

Creating the timer manager.

    timer::manager mgr;

Registering tasks

	mgr.interval([]() {
		cout << "Happens every 5 second" << endl;
	}, std::chrono::seconds(5));

	mgr.timeout([]() {
		cout << "Happens once after 10 seconds" << endl;
	}, std::chrono::seconds(10));

	mgr.repeat([]() {
		cout << "Happens 5 times every 3 seconds" << endl;
	}, std::chrono::seconds(3), 5);

Canceling a task

    
	auto id = mgr.timeout(func, std::chrono::seconds(60));
	...
	mgr.cancel(id);

Updating the timers on your own thread

    while (true)
	{
		mgr.update();
		boost::this_thread::sleep_for(
			boost::chrono::milliseconds(200));
	}

Leaving updates to the timer

Note that this will create an additional thread and all updates will run under manager's thread

	// default interval (250ms)
	mgr.start();

	// or with a custom interval for each update
	mgr.start(std::chrono::milliseconds(200)); 
	

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.