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     1 /*
       
     2 * Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
       
     3 * All rights reserved.
       
     4 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available
       
     5 * under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
       
     6 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available
       
     7 * at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
       
     8 *
       
     9 * Initial Contributors:
       
    10 * Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
       
    11 *
       
    12 * Contributors:
       
    13 *
       
    14 * Description:
       
    15 * Name          : Lwtimer.h
       
    16 * Part of       : LightWeightTimer
       
    17 * This header file is included by the subsystems needing timer
       
    18 * services, but are not responsible for creating the
       
    19 * CTimerManager instance.
       
    20 * Version       : SIP/4.0
       
    21 *
       
    22 */
       
    23 
       
    24 
       
    25 
       
    26 
       
    27 /**
       
    28  @internalComponent
       
    29 */
       
    30 
       
    31 
       
    32 #ifndef LWTIMER_H
       
    33 #define LWTIMER_H
       
    34 
       
    35 // INCLUDES
       
    36 #include <e32def.h>
       
    37 
       
    38 // TYPEDEFS
       
    39 
       
    40 //Each timer is associated with an identifier of this type. When a timer is
       
    41 //startedt, TTimerId is returned to the user.
       
    42 //When a timer expires, its TTimerId is passed in the callback.
       
    43 //If the user wishes to stop a certain timer, it must pass the TTimerId of the
       
    44 // timer in question to the Lightweight timer subsystem.
       
    45 typedef TUint32 TTimerId;
       
    46 
       
    47 
       
    48 // CLASS DECLARATION
       
    49 
       
    50 /**
       
    51  * When a timer expires, this interface is called by the Lightweight timer
       
    52  * subsystem.
       
    53  */
       
    54 class MExpirationHandler
       
    55 	{
       
    56 public: // Virtual destructor
       
    57 
       
    58 	virtual ~MExpirationHandler() {}
       
    59 
       
    60 public: // New pure virtual functions
       
    61 
       
    62 	/**
       
    63 	 * Indicates that a timer has expired.
       
    64 	 *
       
    65 	 * @param aTimerId Identifies the expired timer
       
    66 	 * @param aTimerParam User specified value which was given when the timer
       
    67 	 *	was set. It can be used to identify the timer in case multiple timers
       
    68 	 *  are running simultaneously. Value is NULL if the timer was set using
       
    69 	 *  CTimerManager::StartL without parameter aTimerParam. Ownership isn't
       
    70      *  transferred.
       
    71 	 */
       
    72 	virtual void TimerExpiredL(TTimerId aTimerId, TAny* aTimerParam) = 0;
       
    73 	};
       
    74 
       
    75 
       
    76 /**
       
    77  * MTimerManager provides methods for starting and stopping timers.
       
    78  */
       
    79 class MTimerManager
       
    80 	{
       
    81 public: // Enumerations
       
    82 	enum TTimerIdValues
       
    83         {
       
    84 		//TimerId value for a non-existent timer. This value is never returned
       
    85         //to the user of the Lightweight timer subsystem.
       
    86 		KNoSuchTimer = 0,
       
    87 
       
    88 		//TimerId for an internal dummy timer, which is used simulate a longer
       
    89         //timer without having to use RTimer::At(). This value is never
       
    90         //returned to the user of the Lightweight timer subsystem.
       
    91 		KReservedTimer = 1
       
    92 	    };
       
    93 
       
    94 public: // New pure virtual functions
       
    95 
       
    96 	/**
       
    97 	 * Creates a new timer and starts it.
       
    98 	 *
       
    99 	 * @pre aObserver != NULL	 
       
   100 	 *
       
   101 	 * @see See also this method 'MExpirationHandler::TimerExpiredL'
       
   102 	 *
       
   103 	 * @param aObserver	IN: Callback to use when timer expires. Ownership is
       
   104 	 *	not transferred.
       
   105 	 * @param aMilliseconds	Timer duration in milliseconds (with 32 bits, the
       
   106 	 *	max value is ~50 days)
       
   107 	 * @return value TimerId value identifying the new timer	 
       
   108 	 */
       
   109 	virtual TTimerId StartL(MExpirationHandler* aObserver,
       
   110 							TUint aMilliseconds) = 0;
       
   111 	
       
   112 	/**
       
   113 	 * Creates a new timer and starts it.
       
   114 	 *
       
   115 	 * @pre aObserver != NULL	 
       
   116 	 *
       
   117 	 * @see See also this method 'MExpirationHandler::TimerExpiredL'
       
   118 	 *
       
   119 	 * @param aObserver	IN: Callback to use when timer expires. Ownership is
       
   120 	 *	not transferred.
       
   121 	 * @param aMilliseconds	Timer duration in milliseconds (with 32 bits, the
       
   122 	 *	max value is ~50 days)
       
   123 	 * @param aTimerParam User specified value which will be passed to the
       
   124 	 *	aObserver function MExpirationHandler::TimerExpiredL when the timer
       
   125 	 *	expires. Ownership isn't transferred.
       
   126 	 * @return value TimerId value identifying the new timer
       
   127 	 */
       
   128 	virtual TTimerId StartL(MExpirationHandler* aObserver,
       
   129 						    TUint aMilliseconds,
       
   130 						    TAny* aTimerParam) = 0;
       
   131 
       
   132 	/**
       
   133 	 * Stops the specified timer.
       
   134 	 *
       
   135 	 * This function doesn't leave in case of error, as it is thought that this
       
   136 	 * function is usually also called from destructors.
       
   137 	 *
       
   138 	 * @param aTimerId Identifies the timer to be stopped	 
       
   139 	 * @return value KErrNone: successful
       
   140      *               KErrNotFound : no such timer exists
       
   141 	 */	
       
   142 	virtual TInt Stop(TTimerId aTimerId) = 0;
       
   143 
       
   144 	/**
       
   145 	 * Checks if there exists a timer which hasn't expired yet, with the
       
   146 	 * specified TimerId.
       
   147 	 *
       
   148 	 * @param aTimerId Identifies the timer	 
       
   149 	 * @return value ETrue: timer exists, KFalse: no such timer
       
   150 	 */	
       
   151 	virtual TBool IsRunning(TTimerId aTimerId) const = 0;
       
   152 	
       
   153 	/**
       
   154 	 * Checks how long it will take until the timer expires, with the
       
   155 	 * specified TimerId.
       
   156 	 *
       
   157 	 * @param aTimerId Identifies the timer	 
       
   158 	 * @param aExpiresAfterInMillisecs on return contains expires after
       
   159 	 *  value as milliseconds
       
   160 	 * @return value KErrNone: successful
       
   161      *               KErrNotFound : no such timer exists
       
   162 	 */	
       
   163 	virtual TInt ExpiresAfter(TTimerId aTimerId, 
       
   164 	                          TUint& aExpiresAfterInMillisecs) const = 0;
       
   165 	};
       
   166 
       
   167 #endif // end of LWTIMER_H
       
   168 
       
   169 // End of File