/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// This example is from the ACE Programmers Guide.
////  Chapter:  "The Reactor" (Event Management)
//// For details please see the guide at
//// http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
////  AUTHOR: Umar Syyid (usyyid@hns.com)
//// and Ambreen Ilyas (ambreen@bitsmart.com)
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//Example 3
#include "ace/Timer_Queue.h"
#include "ace/Reactor.h"
#define NUMBER_TIMERS 10

static int done = 0;
static int count = 0;

class Time_Handler : public ACE_Event_Handler
{
public:
 //Method which is called back by the Reactor when timeout occurs.
 virtual int handle_timeout (const ACE_Time_Value &tv,
 const void *arg){
  long current_count = long (arg);
  ACE_ASSERT (current_count == count);
  ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG, "%d: Timer #%d timed out at %d!\n",
     count, current_count, tv.sec()));
 

//Increment count
  count ++;

//Make sure assertion doesnt fail for missing 5th timer.
  if (count ==5)
   count++;
 
  //If all timers done then set done flag
  if (current_count == NUMBER_TIMERS - 1)
   done = 1;
  //Keep yourself registered with the Reactor.
  return 0;
  }
};

int
main (int, char *[])
{
 ACE_Reactor reactor;
 Time_Handler *th=new Time_Handler;
 int timer_id[NUMBER_TIMERS];
 int i;

 for (i = 0; i < NUMBER_TIMERS; i++)
  timer_id[i] = reactor.schedule_timer (th,
   (const void *) i, // argument sent to handle_timeout()
   ACE_Time_Value (2 * i + 1)); //set timer to go off with delay

 //Cancel the fifth timer before it goes off
 reactor.cancel_timer(timer_id[5]);//Timer ID of timer to be removed

 while (!done)
  reactor.handle_events ();

 return 0;
}

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