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/* mbed Microcontroller Library
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2012 ARM Limited
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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 * SOFTWARE.
 */
#ifndef MBED_TIMEOUT_H
#define MBED_TIMEOUT_H

#include "Ticker.h"

namespace mbed {

/** A Timeout is used to call a function at a point in the future
 *
 * You can use as many seperate Timeout objects as you require. 
 *
 * Example:
 * @code
 * // Blink until timeout.
 *
 * #include "mbed.h"
 * 
 * Timeout timeout;
 * DigitalOut led(LED1);
 * 
 * int on = 1;
 * 
 * void attimeout() {
 *     on = 0;
 * }
 * 
 * int main() {
 *     timeout.attach(&attimeout, 5);
 *     while(on) {
 *         led = !led;
 *         wait(0.2);
 *     }
 * }
 * @endcode
 */
class Timeout : public Ticker {

protected:
    virtual void handler();
};

} // namespace mbed

#endif