Task Class Reference

The Task class allows to install periodic, time-triggered tasks. An example of a simple user-defined task is given below: More...

#include <Task.h>

Inherited by RobotControl, and State.

Detailed Description

The Task class allows to install periodic, time-triggered tasks. An example of a simple user-defined task is given below:

Author:

Christian Burri

Copyright (c) 2013 HSLU Pren Team #1 Cruising Crêpe All rights reserved.

 class MyTask : public Task {
   public:
     void run();
 };

 void MyTask::run() {
   // code to be executed periodically
 }
 

This task can then be created and started as follows:

 MyTask myTask(0.1);    // period in seconds
 myTask.start();
 ...

 myTask.stop();
 

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Definition at line 42 of file Task.h.

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