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.. _timer:
:c:type:`uv_timer_t` --- Timer handle
=====================================
Timer handles are used to schedule callbacks to be called in the future.
Data types
----------
.. c:type:: uv_timer_t
Timer handle type.
.. c:type:: void (*uv_timer_cb)(uv_timer_t* handle)
Type definition for callback passed to :c:func:`uv_timer_start`.
Public members
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
N/A
.. seealso:: The :c:type:`uv_handle_t` members also apply.
API
---
.. c:function:: int uv_timer_init(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_timer_t* handle)
Initialize the handle.
.. c:function:: int uv_timer_start(uv_timer_t* handle, uv_timer_cb cb, uint64_t timeout, uint64_t repeat)
Start the timer. `timeout` and `repeat` are in milliseconds.
If `timeout` is zero, the callback fires on the next event loop iteration.
If `repeat` is non-zero, the callback fires first after `timeout`
milliseconds and then repeatedly after `repeat` milliseconds.
.. c:function:: int uv_timer_stop(uv_timer_t* handle)
Stop the timer, the callback will not be called anymore.
.. c:function:: int uv_timer_again(uv_timer_t* handle)
Stop the timer, and if it is repeating restart it using the repeat value
as the timeout. If the timer has never been started before it returns
UV_EINVAL.
.. c:function:: void uv_timer_set_repeat(uv_timer_t* handle, uint64_t repeat)
Set the repeat value in milliseconds.
.. note::
If the repeat value is set from a timer callback it does not immediately take effect.
If the timer was non-repeating before, it will have been stopped. If it was repeating,
then the old repeat value will have been used to schedule the next timeout.
.. c:function:: uint64_t uv_timer_get_repeat(const uv_timer_t* handle)
Get the timer repeat value.
.. seealso:: The :c:type:`uv_handle_t` API functions also apply.