source: trunk/Mars/mfbase/MFRealTimePeriod.cc@ 20031

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!   Author(s): Thomas Bretz, 10/2003 <mailto:tbretz@astro.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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\* ======================================================================== */

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
//  MFRealTimePeriod
//
//  This filter allows the execution of tasks in real time intervals. If
//  a timeout (given in milliseconds in the constructor) was exceeded
//  the return value for IsExpression is set to kTRUE and the timer is
//  reset.
//
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#include "MFRealTimePeriod.h"

#include <TTime.h>
#include <TSystem.h>

ClassImp(MFRealTimePeriod);

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Check, whether the current time is greater than the stored time plus
// the timeout time. If this is the case the return value of
// IsExpressionTrue is set to kTRUE and the stored time is reset to the
// current time. To get the current time gSystem->Now() is used.
//
Int_t MFRealTimePeriod::Process()
{
    const ULong_t t = (ULong_t)gSystem->Now();

    fResult = t>fTime+fMilliSec;

    if (fResult)
        fTime=t;

    return kTRUE;
}