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====== Timer ======

---- dataentry extension ----
author_mail   : tim@esidegallery.com Timothy John
description   : A timer that works exactly like flash.utils.Timer, but uses Starling's lighter-weight Juggler, DelayedCall and EventDispatcher.
compatible    : v2.1
tags          : Timer, Juggler, DelayedCall, Animation
homepage_url  : https://gist.github.com/esidegallery/c5312f74bee283134159aa206ce11bcd
----

===== Overview =====

Behaves exactly like flash.utils.Timer, though is more lightweight and is more accurate when the delay is set to very small numbers.

The only difference in implementation is that there isn't an associated TimerEvent; it dispatches a standard Starling Event and its event strings are members of its class.

It has been tested alongside flash.utils.Timer under different scenarios (such as changing its values while it is running) and the results are the same.

<code as3>
import starling.extensions.timer.Timer;
var starlingTimer:Timer = new Timer(250, 5);
starlingTimer.addEventListener(Timer.TIMER, starlingTimerHandler);
starlingTimer.addEventListener(Timer.TIMER_COMPLETE, starlingTimerCompleteHandler);
starlingTimer.start();
</code>

===== Changelog =====

  * //2016/11/17 11:56//: First public version

===== Source Code =====

%gist(c5312f74bee283134159aa206ce11bcd)%


===== User Comments =====

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