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TIBCO Rendezvous® 8.8.0

# TibrvTimer::create()

Method

## Declaration

    TibrvStatus create (
        TibrvQueue* queue,
        TibrvCallback* callback,
        tibrv_f64 interval,
        const void* closure = NULL);

## Purpose

Start a timer.

Parameter | Description
`queue` | At each time interval, place the event on this event queue.
`callback` | On dispatch, process the event with this callback object. This object can be an instance of class TibrvTimerCallback, or its superclass TibrvCallback.
`interval` | The timer triggers its callback method at this repeating interval (in seconds).
`closure` | Store this closure data in the event object.

## Remarks

This method creates a C timer, activates it, and stores its handle in the C++ object.

## Timer Granularity

Express the timer interval (in seconds) as a 64-bit floating point number. This representation allows microsecond granularity for intervals for over 100 years. The actual granularity of intervals depends on hardware and operating system constraints.

## Zero as Interval

Many programmers traditionally implement user events as timers with interval zero. Instead, we recommend implementing user events as messages on the intra-process transport. For more information, see Intra-Process Transport and User Events in TIBCO Rendezvous Concepts.

## See Also

Timer Event Semantics in TIBCO Rendezvous Concepts

TibrvEvent::destroy()

TibrvTimerCallback

TibrvTimerCallback::onTimer()

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