TimerRef (SwimOS)

All Known Subinterfaces:

TimerContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

AgentTimer
```
public interface TimerRef
```
External handle to a TimerFunction bound to a Schedule. A TimerRef can be used to check the status of a timer, to reschedule it, and to cancel it. TimerRef is thread safe.

See Also:

Schedule

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`cancel()`	Cancels the timer to prevent it from executing.
`boolean`	`isScheduled()`	Returns `true` if the timer is currently scheduled to execute.
`void`	`reschedule(long millis)`	Schedules the timer to execute after `millis` milliseconds has elapsed.

- Method Detail
  - isScheduled
```
boolean isScheduled()
```
    Returns true if the timer is currently scheduled to execute.
  - reschedule
```
void reschedule(long millis)
```
    Schedules the timer to execute after millis milliseconds has elapsed. If the timer is currently scheduled, it will not execute at its previously scheduled time; it will only execute at the newly scheduled time.
    
    Throws:
    
    TimerException - if millis is negative.
  - cancel
```
boolean cancel()
```
    Cancels the timer to prevent it from executing. Returns true if this operation caused the cancellation of the timer; returns false if the timer was not scheduled to execute.