Event class example to manually instantiate, configure and post events.

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deepikabhavnani
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Thu Nov 30 21:50:58 2017 +0000
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+.build
+.mbed
+projectfiles
+*.py*
diff -r 000000000000 -r 86c4bf2d90fa main.cpp
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+#include "mbed.h"
+// Creates an event bound to the specified event queue
+EventQueue queue;
+void handler(int count);
+Event<void(int)> event(&queue, handler);
+
+void handler(int count) {
+    printf("Event = %d \n", count);
+    return;
+}
+
+void post_events(void) {
+
+    // Events can be posted multiple times and enqueue gracefully until
+    // the dispatch function is called.
+    event.post(1);
+    event.post(2);
+    event.post(3);    
+}
+
+int main() {
+
+    Thread event_thread;
+        
+    // The event can be manually configured for special timing requirements
+    // specified in milliseconds
+    event.delay(100);       // Starting delay - 100 msec
+    event.period(200);      // Delay between each evet - 200msec
+    
+    event_thread.start(callback(post_events));
+    
+    // Posted events are dispatched in the context of the queue's
+    // dispatch function
+    queue.dispatch(400);        // Dispatch time - 400msec
+    // 400 msec - Only 2 set of events will be dispatched as period is 200 msec
+    
+    event_thread.join();
+}
diff -r 000000000000 -r 86c4bf2d90fa mbed-os.lib
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+https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/#182bbd51bc8d1b6217477c2b5de3f1d0c5e6249f