org.onlab.util

Class Timer

java.lang.Object

org.onlab.util.Timer

public final class Timer
extends Object

Hashed-wheel timer singleton. Care must be taken to shutdown the timer only when the VM is ready to exit.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static io.netty.util.Timeout	newTimeout(io.netty.util.TimerTask task, long delay, TimeUnit unit) Executes one-shot timer task on shared thread pool.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

newTimeout

public static io.netty.util.Timeout newTimeout(io.netty.util.TimerTask task,
                                               long delay,
                                               TimeUnit unit)

Executes one-shot timer task on shared thread pool.

Parameters:

task - timer task to execute

delay - before executing the task

unit - of delay

Returns:

a handle which is associated with the specified task