#ifndef __dispatch_timer_h__
#define __dispatch_timer_h__ 1
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#include <qpid/dispatch/dispatch.h>
#include <qpid/dispatch/server.h>
#include <stdint.h>

/**@file
 * Server Timer Functions
 * 
 * @defgroup timer timer
 *
 * Server Timer Functions
 * @{
 */

typedef struct qd_timer_t qd_timer_t;
/** Absolute time stamp from monotonic clock source, milliseconds since arbitrary (fixed) instant */
typedef int64_t qd_timestamp_t;
/** Relative duration in milliseconds */
typedef int64_t qd_duration_t;

/**
 * Timer Callback
 *
 * Callback invoked after a timer's interval expires and the timer fires.
 *
 * @param context The context supplied in qd_timer
 */
typedef void (*qd_timer_cb_t)(void* context);


/**
 * Create a new timer object.
 * 
 * @param qd Pointer to the dispatch instance.
 * @param cb The callback function to be invoked when the timer expires.
 * @param context An opaque, user-supplied context to be passed into the callback.
 * @return A pointer to the new timer object or NULL if memory is exhausted.
 */
qd_timer_t *qd_timer(qd_dispatch_t *qd, qd_timer_cb_t cb, void* context);


/**
 * Free the resources for a timer object.  If the timer was scheduled, it will be canceled 
 * prior to freeing.  After this function returns, the callback will not be invoked for this
 * timer.
 *
 * @param timer Pointer to the timer object returned by qd_timer.
 */
void qd_timer_free(qd_timer_t *timer);


/**
 * Schedule a timer to fire in the future.
 *
 * Note that the timer callback will never be invoked synchronously during the execution
 * of qd_timer_schedule.  Even if the interval is immediate (0), the callback invocation will
 * be asynchronous and after the return of this function.
 *
 * @param timer Pointer to the timer object returned by qd_timer.
 * @param msec The minimum number of milliseconds of delay until the timer fires.
 *             If 0 is supplied, the timer will be scheduled to fire immediately.
 */
void qd_timer_schedule(qd_timer_t *timer, qd_duration_t msec);


/**
 * Attempt to cancel a scheduled timer.  Since the timer callback can be invoked on any
 * server thread, it is always possible that a last-second cancel attempt may arrive too late
 * to stop the timer from firing (i.e. the cancel is concurrent with the fire callback).
 *
 * @param timer Pointer to the timer object returned by qd_timer.
 */
void qd_timer_cancel(qd_timer_t *timer);

/**
 * The current time.
 */
qd_timestamp_t qd_timer_now() ;

/**
 * @}
 */

#endif