Re: System.Threading.Timers

I did think of this method, Chris, but I might need as much as 0.1s
resolution on the timer.  I guess if the timer is running on its own thread,
I could probably still use this (better) solution...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion relating to the specifics of the C# and
> Managed C++ languages [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Chris Anderson
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 10:10 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-CX] System.Threading.Timers
>
> FWIW you could have a single timer that ticks away every
> second [1], and have all the objects subscribe to it's fire event.
> They can then just check the time to see if they should do
> anything or simply return.
>
> Then, instead of passing in the argument that says whether an
> internal timer should be used, you can simply pass in a
> reference to an existing timer.
>
> Just a thought
>
> Chris
>
> [1] or more or less, depending on how often your timers fire
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Discussion relating to the specifics of the C# and
> Managed C++
> > languages [mailto:[email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of Peter Osucha
> > Sent: 05 June 2006 15:01
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [DOTNET-CX] System.Threading.Timers
> >
> > I have collection of objects (MyObj) - maybe up to 32 of them
> > - that all need to independently 'wait' for an elapsed time before
> > doing something once a method is called on them.  So I have been
> > reviewing what looks like the best option - Timer objects from the
> > System.Threading.Timers namespace.
> > What I am wondering is - what kind of impact having so many active
> > timers might have on my machine, application?
> >
> > When the MyObj objects are created, one argument passed to the
> > constructor tells the object whether it will be using an internal
> > timer so I do have the capability to not automatically
> create a timer
> > with each MyObj - still, I wonder about having so many
> timers objects
> > around...
> >
> > Peter

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