/*

* Timer.js - object oriented friendly timeout object

* From code originally found on:

*

* http://www.codingforums.com/archive/index.php/index.php?t-10531.html

*

* The problems with the setTimeout and setInterval functions

* provided in Javascript are twofold. First, you can't call a local

* object method without losing your scope, and second, you can't pass

* objects to the function, since the function call is implemented as a string.

*

* The Timer class solves these difficulties by employing a static array

* to store the parent object and function arguments until the function is

* called.

*

* This class is provided as-is and pro bono, so go ahead and muck with

* it if you see things that could be done better.

*

* Thanks to WA for giving me the idea for this (albeit indirectly)!

*

* Updated 4/18/2003: Footprint decreased, minor code improvements.

* Updated 5/3/2003: Minor comment clarification; no code changes.

* Updated 5/10/2003: Minor code improvements.

*/

// The constructor should be called with

// the parent object (optional, defaults to window).

function

Timer ()

}

// The set functions should be called with:

// - The name of the object method (as a string) (required)

// - The millisecond delay (required)

// - Any number of extra arguments, which will all be

// passed to the method when it is evaluated.

Timer.prototype.setInterval = function (func, msec)

}

Timer.prototype.setTimeout = function (func, msec)

}

// The clear functions should be called with

// the return value from the equivalent set function.

Timer.prototype.clearInterval = function (i)

}

Timer.prototype.clearTimeout = function (i)

}

// Private data

Timer.set = new Array ();

Timer.buildCall = function (obj, i, args)

}

Timer.callOnce = function (i)

}

Timer.getNew = function ()

}

/*

Here 's an example of the code in action:

function Ticker ()

{

this.count = 0;

this.timer = new Timer (this);

}

Ticker.prototype.tick = function (d)

{

this.count += d;

window.status = "" + this.count;

this.timer.setTimeout ("tick", 1000, d);

}

window.onload = function ()

{

var ticker = new Ticker ();

ticker.tick (1);

}

*/