Package rospy :: Module timer :: Class Timer

Class Timer

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threading._Verbose --+    
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      threading.Thread --+
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                        Timer

Convenience class for calling a callback at a specified rate

Instance Methods

__init__(self, period, callback, oneshot=False)
Constructor.

source code

shutdown(self)
Stop firing callbacks.

source code

run(self)

source code

Inherited from threading.Thread: __repr__, getName, isAlive, isDaemon, is_alive, join, setDaemon, setName, start

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties

Inherited from threading.Thread: daemon, ident, name

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

init(self, period, callback, oneshot=False)
(Constructor)

source code

Constructor.

Parameters:

period (rospy.Time) - desired period between callbacks
callback (function taking rospy.TimerEvent) - callback to be called
oneshot (bool) - if True, fire only once, otherwise fire continuously until shutdown is called [default: False]

Overrides: object.__init__

run(self)

source code

Overrides: threading.Thread.run

Class Timer

__init__(self, period, callback, oneshot=False) (Constructor)

run(self)

init(self, period, callback, oneshot=False)
(Constructor)