TimerEventSample.h

/*
    File:       TimerEventSample.h
    
    Description:
                Header for simple sample KEXT that shows how use a timer event source.
                
    Author:     JAS
 
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    Change History (most recent first):
    03/28/01    JAS Created
 
*/
 
#include <IOKit/IOService.h>
#include <IOKit/IOTimerEventSource.h>
 
 
// TimerEventSample class
class TimerEventSample : public IOService
{
OSDeclareDefaultStructors( TimerEventSample )
public:
    
    // member variables
    IOWorkLoop*         myWorkLoop;     // holds the workloop for this driver
    IOTimerEventSource* myTimer;        // holds the timer we create
    UInt32              counter;        // counter incremented each time the timeout handler is called
    /*
        counter is used for two things:
        1). it shows how many times the timeoutHandler has been called
        2). it makes the message printed from the timeoutHandler different each time
            if the message printed was the same each time, you'd see entries in the 
            system.log like "last message repeated 3 times".
    */
    
    // standard IOKit methods
    virtual bool init(OSDictionary *dictionary = 0);
    virtual void free(void);
    virtual IOService *probe(IOService *provider, SInt32 *score);
    virtual bool start(IOService *provider);
    virtual void stop(IOService *provider);
    
    // timer event handler, the function that is called when the timer fires
    static void timeoutHandler(OSObject *owner, IOTimerEventSource *sender);
 
};