Timer instantiation

If you've read the previous chapter, you should already have a hint of how to create timers, but this one will explain a bit more on that topic.

Basics

Library API offers 3 methods of timer instantiation, named starting with Set.

Callback

All of them take the System.Action delegate as first argument. This will be the timer's callback function, called when timer has reached it's execution time milestone.

Delay

Also, two of them take execution delay as second argument. This delay can be either specified as integer value, in which case library will treat it as milliseconds, or you can pass a float value there, in which case it will be treated as seconds.

Result

Return type of each method is a object of type, derived from JsTimers.Timer

SetTimeout

Syntax

Timeout TimerManager.SetTimeout(Action, int)
// or
Timeout TimerManager.SetTimeout(Action, float)

Description

Creates a Timeout object, set to fire once after the delay

SetInterval

Syntax

Timeout TimerManager.SetInterval(Action, int)
// or
Timeout TimerManager.SetInterval(Action, float)

Description

Creates a Timeout object, set to fire repeteatly, each time delay passes

SetImmediate

Syntax

Immediate TimerManager.SetImmediate(Action)

Description

Creates an Immediate object, which will fire once as soon as possible, according to the inner execution queue