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Fire an NSTimer using a block as execution code.
/*
Copyright (c) 2009 Remy Demarest
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
#import <Foundation/NSTimer.h>
@interface NSTimer (PSYBlockTimer)
+ (NSTimer *)scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)seconds repeats:(BOOL)repeats usingBlock:(void (^)(NSTimer *timer))fireBlock;
+ (NSTimer *)timerWithTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)seconds repeats:(BOOL)repeats usingBlock:(void (^)(NSTimer *timer))fireBlock;
@end
/*
Copyright (c) 2009 Remy Demarest
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
#import "PSYBlockTimer.h"
typedef void (^PSYTimerBlock)(NSTimer *);
@interface NSTimer (PSYBlockTimer_private)
+ (void)PSYBlockTimer_executeBlockWithTimer:(NSTimer *)timer;
@end
@implementation NSTimer (PSYBlockTimer)
+ (NSTimer *)scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)seconds repeats:(BOOL)repeats usingBlock:(void (^)(NSTimer *timer))fireBlock
{
return [self scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:seconds target:self selector:@selector(PSYBlockTimer_executeBlockWithTimer:) userInfo:[[fireBlock copy] autorelease] repeats:repeats];
}
+ (NSTimer *)timerWithTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)seconds repeats:(BOOL)repeats usingBlock:(void (^)(NSTimer *timer))fireBlock
{
return [self timerWithTimeInterval:seconds target:self selector:@selector(PSYBlockTimer_executeBlockWithTimer:) userInfo:[[fireBlock copy] autorelease] repeats:repeats];
}
@end
@implementation NSTimer (PSYBlockTimer_private)
+ (void)PSYBlockTimer_executeBlockWithTimer:(NSTimer *)timer
{
if([timer isValid])
{
PSYTimerBlock block = [timer userInfo];
block(timer);
}
}
@end
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I made a much simpler solution here http://orion98mc.blogspot.com/2012/08/objective-c-blocks-for-fun.html any feedback is welcome.

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You version takes less lines indeed, it's a fun version that I didn't think about. Good job.

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