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 * timer-handler.h
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 */

#ifndef timer_handler_h
#define timer_handler_h

#include "scheduler.h"

/*
 * Abstract base class to deal with timer-style handlers.
 *
 *
 * To define a new timer, subclass this function and define handle:
 *
 * class MyTimer : public TimerHandler {
 * public:
 *	MyTimer(MyAgentClass *a) : AgentTimerHandler() { a_ = a; }
 *	virtual double expire(Event *e);
 * protected:
 *	MyAgentClass *a_;
 * };
 *
 * Then define expire.
 *
 * Often MyTimer will be a friend of MyAgentClass,
 * or expire() will only call a function of MyAgentClass.
 *
 * See tcp-rbp.{cc,h} for a real example.
 */
#define TIMER_HANDLED -1.0	// xxx: should be const double in class?

class TimerHandler : public Handler {
public:
	TimerHandler() : status_(TIMER_IDLE) { }

	void sched(double delay);	// cannot be pending
	void resched(double delay);	// may or may not be pending
					// if you don't know the pending status
					// call resched()
	void cancel();			// must be pending
	inline void force_cancel() {	// cancel!
		if (status_ == TIMER_PENDING) {
			_cancel();
			status_ = TIMER_IDLE;
		}
	}
	enum TimerStatus { TIMER_IDLE, TIMER_PENDING, TIMER_HANDLING };
	int status() { return status_; };

protected:
	virtual void expire(Event *) = 0;  // must be filled in by client
	// Should call resched() if it wants to reschedule the interface.

	virtual void handle(Event *);
	int status_;
	Event event_;

private:
	inline void _sched(double delay) {
		(void)Scheduler::instance().schedule(this, &event_, delay);
	}
	inline void _cancel() {
		(void)Scheduler::instance().cancel(&event_);
	}
};

// Local Variables:
// mode:c++
// End:

#endif /* timer_handler_h */