Delay (Deprecated)

A delay condition remains satisfied for a specified delay time after another condition (called source condition) becomes satisfied.

Overview

A delay condition remains satisfied for a specified delay time after another condition (called source condition) becomes satisfied.

When the delay time after triggering the source condition elapses the DelayCondition becomes unsatisfied. There are two options for a DelayCondition:

IS_RESET_TIMER is turned on (DEFAULT): In this case if the source condition becomes satisfied again before the delay time has elapsed the timer for the DelayCondition to stay in satisfied state is reset.
IS_RESET_TIMER is turned off: In this case the timer for the DelayCondition to stay in satisfied state is not reset no matter how often the source condition becomes satisfied before the delay time has elapsed.

No matter which option is chosen for a DelayCondition, if an unsatisfied event is received from the source condition within the delay time the DelayCondition becomes unsatisfied.

Managing Event Conditions

Via Java API

After creating a condition as described in Managing Conditions you can configure it by using the following methods:

setDelayedType - Sets the DelayedCondition type.
setDelayedId - Sets the DelayedCondition id.
setDelay - Sets the delay.
setResetTimer - Sets if the timer needs to be reset in case the source condition is triggered again before the delay time has elapsed.

After you configure your condition, call the save method. The Condition Provider will save it in the Config Tree.

Via Config Tree

All conditions are stored in the Config Tree, which allows you to import/export them and to add/edit them by simply creating and modifying XML files.

The following snippet represents an example Delay condition.

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