/// <summary>Create a new timer to signal on interrupt on the caller.</summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Create a new timer to signal on interrupt on the caller.
/// <p>
/// The timer thread is created in the calling thread's ThreadGroup.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="threadName">name of the timer thread.</param>
public InterruptTimer(string threadName)
{
state = new InterruptTimer.AlarmState();
autoKiller = new InterruptTimer.AutoKiller(state);
thread = new InterruptTimer.AlarmThread(threadName, state);
thread.Start();
}
internal AutoKiller(InterruptTimer.AlarmState s)
{
// The trick here is, the AlarmThread does not have a reference to the
// AutoKiller instance, only the InterruptTimer itself does. Thus when
// the InterruptTimer is GC'd, the AutoKiller is also unreachable and
// can be GC'd. When it gets finalized, it tells the AlarmThread to
// terminate, triggering the thread to exit gracefully.
//
state = s;
}
internal AutoKiller(InterruptTimer.AlarmState s)
{
// The trick here is, the AlarmThread does not have a reference to the
// AutoKiller instance, only the InterruptTimer itself does. Thus when
// the InterruptTimer is GC'd, the AutoKiller is also unreachable and
// can be GC'd. When it gets finalized, it tells the AlarmThread to
// terminate, triggering the thread to exit gracefully.
//
state = s;
}
/// <summary>Create a new timer to signal on interrupt on the caller.</summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Create a new timer to signal on interrupt on the caller.
/// <p/>
/// The timer thread is created in the calling thread's ThreadGroup.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="threadName">name of the timer thread.</param>
public InterruptTimer(string threadName)
{
state = new InterruptTimer.AlarmState();
autoKiller = new InterruptTimer.AutoKiller(state);
thread = new InterruptTimer.AlarmThread(threadName, state);
thread.Start();
}
internal AlarmThread(string name, InterruptTimer.AlarmState q) : base(q)
{
//
SetName(name);
SetDaemon(true);
}
