NAME

    Async::Event::Interval - Extremely simple timed asynchronous events

SYNOPSIS

    A simple event. Multiple events can be simultaneously used. For an
    example using an event that can share data with the main application,
    see "EXAMPLES".

        use Async::Event::Interval;
    
        my $event
            = Async::Event::Interval->new(1.5, \&callback);
    
        $event->start;
    
        for (1..10){
            print "$_: in main loop\n";
    
            $event->stop if $_ == 3;
            $event->restart if $_ == 7;
    
            sleep 1;
        }
    
        sub callback {
            print "timed event callback\n";
        }

DESCRIPTION

    Very basic implementation of asynchronous events that are triggered by
    a timed interval.

    Variables are not shared between the main application and the event. To
    do that, you'll need to use some form of memory sharing, such as
    IPC::Shareable. See "EXAMPLES" for an example. At this time, there is
    no real parameter passing or ability to return values. As I said...
    basic.

    Each event is simply a separate forked process, which runs in a while
    loop.

METHODS

 new($delay, $callback)

    Returns a new Async::Event::Interval object. Does not create the event.
    Use start for that.

    Parameters:

        $delay

    Mandatory: The interval on which to trigger your event callback, in
    seconds. Represent partial seconds as a floating point number.

        $callback

    Mandatory: A reference to a subroutine that will be called every time
    the interval expires.

 start

    Starts the event timer. Each time the interval is reached, the event
    callback is executed.

 stop

    Stops the event from being executed.

 restart

    Resumes execution of a stopped event.

EXAMPLES

    A timed event where the event callback shares a hash reference with the
    main program.

        use Async::Event::Interval;
        use IPC::Shareable;
    
        my $href = {a => 0, b => 1};
        tie $href, 'IPC::Shareable', undef;
    
        my $event
            = Async::Event::Interval->new(10, \&callback);
    
        sub callback {
            $h->{a}++;
        }

AUTHOR

    Steve Bertrand, <steveb at cpan.org>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

    Copyright 2016 Steve Bertrand.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
    by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

    See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.