Diff: cpp/Timeout.h

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diff -r 000000000000 -r fd0d7bdfcdc2 cpp/Timeout.h
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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
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * 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