Class: Timer

Class

Timer

In:

lib/engine/timer.rb

Parent:

Object

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The Timer class defines the necessary data to keep track of timers for objects

Methods

fire? new reset

Attributes

 id
 name
 time

Public Class methods

new(id,name,time)

Constructor for a Timer object.

id: The id of the object
name: The symbol that defines the kind of timer event.
time: Optional information needed to process the event.
return: A reference to the Timer.

# File lib/engine/timer.rb, line 25
  def initialize(id,name,time)
    @id,@name,@time,@counter=id,name,time,time
  end

Public Instance methods

# File lib/engine/timer.rb, line 29
  def fire?
    @counter -= 1
    @counter < 1
  end

# File lib/engine/timer.rb, line 34
  def reset
    @counter = @time
  end