Dilation

A timer that provides an event based interface to hook into for your app. In addition, the back end timer can be swapped out, so for testing, you can control the passage of time.

Synopsis

require 'rubygems'
require 'dilation'

class WakeHandler
  def call
    puts 'awake'
  end
end

def stop_handler
  puts 'stop'
end

c = Dilation::Core.new

trap 'INT' do
  c.stop
  abort
end

c.listen_for :start do puts 'start' end
c.listen_for :stop, method(:stop_handler)
c.listen_for :sleep, lambda { puts 'sleep' }
c.listen_for :wake, WakeHandler.new
c.listen_for :tick, lambda { puts 'tick' }

puts 'sleeping'

c.sleep 5

puts 'starting'
counter = 0

c.listen_for :tick, lambda { counter += 1 }

c.start
while counter < 5
end

c.stop

puts 'ok'

TODO

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'dilation'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install dilation

Usage

The rubydoc.info docs contain API documentation. The API docs contain detailed info about all of Dilation's public API.

Release Policy

Dilation follows the principles of semantic versioning. The API documentation define Dilation's public API. Patch level releases contain only bug fixes. Minor releases contain backward-compatible new features. Major new releases contain backwards-incompatible changes to the public API.

Ruby Interpreter Compatibility

Dilation has been tested on the following ruby interpreters:

MRI 1.9.2

Development

Source hosted on GitHub.
Report issues on GitHub Issues.
Pull requests are very welcome! Please include spec and/or feature coverage for every patch, and create a topic branch for every separate change you make.
Documentation is generated with YARD (cheat sheet). To generate while developing:

yard server --reload

Todo

Better interface to swap backend
dilation/test_support
Code Climate
Travis ** test on interpreters *** 1.8.7 *** 1.9.3 *** REE *** Rubinius
make Celluloid optional
ability to override Kernel#sleep

Thanks

Myron Marston for VCR, which wasn't used here, but influences how I want to run this project and this readme.
Microsoft's Reactive Extensions team for the idea of controlling the flow of time