Re: New Timer

[Haobo Yu <haoboy@isi.edu>]

expire() is automatically called when the timer expires. you don't
explicitly trigger it. In case you want to know how it works, read
TimerHandler::handle() in timer-hander.cc

On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Chan Kwang Mien wrote:

> 
> hi there,
> 
>     i tried the example in the NS documentation to create a new timer as
> follows :
> 
>     class mytimer : public TimerHandler {
>     public:
> 	virtual double expire(Event *e)
> 
>     protected:
>            MyAgent *a_ ;
>     };
>   
>   and also define a 
>  
>    double mytimer::expire(Event *e)
>    {
> 
>     ....
>    }
> 
>    i would like to know how to set the interval variable so that when the
> interval reaches 0, it activates the expire function.
> 
>    Thanks.
> 
> rgds,
> mien
>