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+/***************************************************************************
+*   Copyright (C) 2005-2008 by the FIFE team                              *
+*   http://www.fifengine.de                                               *
+*   This file is part of FIFE.                                            *
+*                                                                         *
+*   FIFE is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify          *
+*   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+*   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+*   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+*                                                                         *
+*   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+*   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+*   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+*   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+*                                                                         *
+*   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+*   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
+*   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+*   51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA              *
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef FIFE_TIMEVENT_H
+#define FIFE_TIMEVENT_H
+
+// Standard C++ library includes
+
+// 3rd party library includes
+
+// FIFE includes
+// These includes are split up in two parts, separated by one empty line
+// First block: files included from the FIFE root src directory
+// Second block: files included from the same folder
+
+namespace FIFE {
+
+	/** Interface for events to be registered with TimeManager.  
+	*
+	* To register a class with TimeManager firstly derive a class
+	* from this and override the updateEvent() function. updateEvent() 
+	* will be called periodically depending on the value of getPeriod()
+	* which can be set using the constructor or setPeriod(). A value
+	* of -1 will never be updated, 0 will updated every frame and a value
+	* over 0 defines the number of milliseconds between updates.
+	*  
+	* @see TimeManager
+	*/
+	class TimeEvent {
+	public:
+		/** Default constructor.
+		 *
+		 * @param period The period of the event. See class description.
+		 */
+		TimeEvent(int period = -1);
+		
+		/** Destructor.
+		 *
+		 */
+		virtual ~TimeEvent(); 
+
+		/** Update function to be overridden by client.
+		 *
+		 * @param time_delta Time.
+		 */
+		virtual void updateEvent(unsigned long time) = 0;
+
+		/** Called by TimeManager to update the event.
+		 *
+		 * @param time Current time. Used To check if its time to update.
+		 */
+		void managerUpdateEvent(unsigned long time);
+
+		/** Set the period of the event.
+		 *
+		 * @param period The period of the event. See class description.
+		 */
+		void setPeriod(int period);
+
+		/** Get the period of the event.
+		 *
+		 * @return The period of the event. See class description.
+		 */
+		int getPeriod();		
+
+		/** Get the last time the event was updated.
+		 *
+		 * @return Time of last update.
+		 */
+		unsigned long getLastUpdateTime();	
+
+		/** Set the last time the event was updated.
+		 *
+		 * @param Time of last update.
+		 */
+		void setLastUpdateTime(unsigned long);	
+
+    private:
+		// The period of the event. See the class description.
+		int m_period;
+
+		// The last time the class was updated.
+		unsigned long m_last_updated;
+    };
+
+}//FIFE
+
+#endif