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deadline_timer_service

Default service implementation for a timer.

template<
    typename TimeType,
    typename TimeTraits = boost::asio::time_traits<TimeType>>
class deadline_timer_service :
  public io_service::service

Types

Name	Description
duration_type	The duration type.
implementation_type	The implementation type of the deadline timer.
time_type	The time type.
traits_type	The time traits type.

Member Functions

Name	Description
async_wait
cancel	Cancel any asynchronous wait operations associated with the timer.
construct	Construct a new timer implementation.
deadline_timer_service	Construct a new timer service for the specified io_service.
destroy	Destroy a timer implementation.
expires_at	Get the expiry time for the timer as an absolute time. Set the expiry time for the timer as an absolute time.
expires_from_now	Get the expiry time for the timer relative to now. Set the expiry time for the timer relative to now.
get_io_service	Get the io_service object that owns the service.
io_service	(Deprecated: use get_io_service().) Get the io_service object that owns the service.
shutdown_service	Destroy all user-defined handler objects owned by the service.
wait

Data Members

Name	Description
id	The unique service identifier.