Class Watchdog

A deadman timer that expires unless fed often enough.

public sealed class Watchdog : IDisposable

Inherited Members: object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Constructors

Creates a watchdog that expires after a silence of timeout.

public Watchdog(float timeout)

timeout float: The allowed silence; its magnitude is used, and one that is not a number is taken as 0.

Gets whether the watchdog has expired.

public bool IsExpired { get; }

Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.

public void Dispose()

Feeds the watchdog, restarting its silence timer.

public void Feed()

Advances the timer and reports whether it has expired.

public bool Update(float dt)

dt float: The time since the last update; one that is not a finite number expires the watchdog until it is fed.