// Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file. part of "dart:async"; /// A countdown timer that can be configured to fire once or repeatedly. /// /// The timer counts down from the specified duration to 0. /// When the timer reaches 0, the timer invokes the specified callback function. /// Use a periodic timer to repeatedly count down the same interval. /// /// A negative duration is treated the same as [Duration.zero]. /// If the duration is statically known to be 0, consider using [run]. /// /// ```dart /// void main() { /// Timer(const Duration(seconds: 5), handleTimeout); /// } /// /// void handleTimeout() { // callback function /// // Do some work. /// } /// ``` /// **Note:** If Dart code using [Timer] is compiled to JavaScript, the finest /// granularity available in the browser is 4 milliseconds. /// /// See also: /// * [Stopwatch] for measuring elapsed time. @vmIsolateUnsendable abstract interface class Timer { /// Creates a new timer. /// /// The [callback] function is invoked after the given [duration]. /// /// Example: /// ```dart /// final timer = /// Timer(const Duration(seconds: 5), () => print('Timer finished')); /// // Outputs after 5 seconds: "Timer finished". /// ``` factory Timer(Duration duration, void Function() callback) { if (Zone.current == Zone.root) { // No need to bind the callback. We know that the root's timer will // be invoked in the root zone. return Zone.current.createTimer(duration, callback); } return Zone.current.createTimer( duration, Zone.current.bindCallbackGuarded(callback), ); } /// Creates a new repeating timer. /// /// The [callback] is invoked repeatedly with [duration] intervals until /// canceled with the [cancel] function. /// /// The exact timing depends on the underlying timer implementation. /// No more than `n` callbacks will be made in `duration * n` time, /// but the time between two consecutive callbacks /// can be shorter and longer than `duration`. /// /// In particular, an implementation may schedule the next callback, e.g., /// a `duration` after either when the previous callback ended, /// when the previous callback started, or when the previous callback was /// scheduled for - even if the actual callback was delayed. /// /// A negative [duration] is treated the same as [Duration.zero]. /// /// Example: /// ```dart /// var counter = 3; /// Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 2), (timer) { /// print(timer.tick); /// counter--; /// if (counter == 0) { /// print('Cancel timer'); /// timer.cancel(); /// } /// }); /// // Outputs: /// // 1 /// // 2 /// // 3 /// // "Cancel timer" /// ``` factory Timer.periodic(Duration duration, void callback(Timer timer)) { if (Zone.current == Zone.root) { // No need to bind the callback. We know that the root's timer will // be invoked in the root zone. return Zone.current.createPeriodicTimer(duration, callback); } var boundCallback = Zone.current.bindUnaryCallbackGuarded(callback); return Zone.current.createPeriodicTimer(duration, boundCallback); } /// Runs the given [callback] asynchronously as soon as possible. /// /// This function is equivalent to `new Timer(Duration.zero, callback)`. /// /// Example: /// ```dart /// Timer.run(() => print('timer run')); /// ``` static void run(void Function() callback) { Timer(Duration.zero, callback); } /// Cancels the timer. /// /// Once a [Timer] has been canceled, the callback function will not be called /// by the timer. Calling [cancel] more than once on a [Timer] is allowed, and /// will have no further effect. /// /// Example: /// ```dart /// final timer = /// Timer(const Duration(seconds: 5), () => print('Timer finished')); /// // Cancel timer, callback never called. /// timer.cancel(); /// ``` void cancel(); /// The number of durations preceding the most recent timer event. /// /// The value starts at zero and is incremented each time a timer event /// occurs, so each callback will see a larger value than the previous one. /// /// If a periodic timer with a non-zero duration is delayed too much, /// so more than one tick should have happened, /// all but the last tick in the past are considered "missed", /// and no callback is invoked for them. /// The [tick] count reflects the number of durations that have passed and /// not the number of callback invocations that have happened. /// /// Example: /// ```dart /// final stopwatch = Stopwatch()..start(); /// Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 1), (timer) { /// print(timer.tick); /// if (timer.tick == 1) { /// while (stopwatch.elapsedMilliseconds < 4500) { /// // Run uninterrupted for another 3.5 seconds! /// // The latest due tick after that is the 4-second tick. /// } /// } else { /// timer.cancel(); /// } /// }); /// // Outputs: /// // 1 /// // 4 /// ``` int get tick; /// Returns whether the timer is still active. /// /// A non-periodic timer is active if the callback has not been executed, /// and the timer has not been canceled. /// /// A periodic timer is active if it has not been canceled. bool get isActive; external static Timer _createTimer( Duration duration, void Function() callback, ); external static Timer _createPeriodicTimer( Duration duration, void callback(Timer timer), ); }