Timers

This document describes the Timers object in the JavaScript environment for app serivices. It provides timer and interval timer functionality.

Table of content

Functions

setTimeout
clearTimeout
setInterval
clearInterval

Starts a timer that will fire once.

function callback	The function that shall be called when the timer fires.
unsigned milliseconds	The number of milliseonds after which the timer should fire.

timeoutReference

A reference that can be used for stopping the timer using clearTimeout.

var t = Timers.setTimeout(function() {
    log("timeout after one second!");
}, 1000);

Stops a timer.

timeoutReference reference

The reference that was returned by setTimeout.

Timers.clearTimeout(t);

Starts an interval timer that will periodically fire until it is stopped.

function callback	The function that shall be called every time the interval timer fires.
unsigned milliseconds	The number of milliseonds after which the interval timer should periodically elapse.

intervalReference

A reference that can be used for stopping the interval timer using clearInterval.

var i = Timers.setInterval(function() {
    log("another second has passed!");
}, 1000);

Stops an interval timer.

intervalReference reference

The reference that was returned by setInterval.

Timers.clearInterval(i);