Struct cancellable_timer::Timer

pub struct Timer { /* fields omitted */ }

A timer object that can be used to put the current thread to sleep or to start a callback after a given amount of time.

Methods

impl Timer

pub fn new2() -> Result<(Self, Canceller)>

Create a Timer and its associated Canceller.

pub fn sleep(&mut self, duration: Duration) -> Result<()>

Put the current thread to sleep until the given time has elapsed or the timer is cancelled.

Returns:

• Ok(()) if the given time has elapsed.
• An Error of kind ErrorKind::Interrupted if the timer has been cancelled.
• Some other Error if something goes wrong.

pub fn after<F>(wait: Duration, callback: F) -> Result<Canceller> where
    F: FnOnce(Result<()>),
    F: Send + 'static, 

Run a callback on a new thread after a specified amount of time. The callback is not run if after returns an error.

Otherwise, the callback is given:

• Ok(()) if the amount of time has elapsed.
• An Error of kind ErrorKind::Interrupted if the timer has been cancelled.
• Some other Error if something goes wrong.