From 54b3fff5a84002bbcdfe7340587d4668822ca16e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abin <abin.z@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:18:49 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] example: add timer trigger usage

---
 examples/CMakeLists.txt    |  3 +++
 examples/timer_trigger.cpp | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 examples/timer_trigger.cpp

diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 78840c8..752db61 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ target_link_libraries(timer_callable PRIVATE simple_timer)
 
 add_executable(timer_task_error timer_task_error.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(timer_task_error PRIVATE simple_timer)
+
+add_executable(timer_trigger timer_trigger.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(timer_trigger PRIVATE simple_timer)
diff --git a/examples/timer_trigger.cpp b/examples/timer_trigger.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ececa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/timer_trigger.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include <simple_timer/simple_timer.h>
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <thread>
+
+std::int64_t current_time_ms()
+{
+  return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch())
+    .count();
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  // 回调函数运行在定时器线程中，使用原子计数器统计执行次数。
+  std::atomic<int> executions{0};
+
+  // 创建一个周期为 2 秒的定时器。
+  SimpleTimer timer(std::chrono::seconds(2));
+
+  // 启动定时器。任务会在定时到期，或调用 trigger() 时执行。
+  timer.start([&executions]() {
+    const int execution = ++executions;
+    std::cout << "[" << current_time_ms() << " ms] Task executed #" << execution << " on thread "
+              << std::this_thread::get_id() << '\n';
+  });
+
+  std::cout << "Timer started; the scheduled interval is 2 seconds.\n";
+
+  // 等待一小段时间；还没到 2 秒的周期，不会有定时执行。
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(300));
+  std::cout << "Calling trigger() once: task should run immediately.\n";
+  // 手动请求执行一次。trigger() 只负责排队，实际任务仍由定时器线程异步执行。
+  timer.trigger();
+
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(300));
+  std::cout << "Calling trigger() twice: both requests are queued.\n";
+  // 连续调用两次会产生两个待执行请求，不会合并成一次。
+  timer.trigger();
+  timer.trigger();
+
+  // 继续等待，以便观察手动触发和后续周期触发的输出。
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(7));
+  // stop() 会等待正在执行的任务结束，并停止定时器线程。
+  timer.stop();
+  std::cout << "Timer stopped after " << executions.load() << " executions.\n";
+
+  return 0;
+}