+#ifdef __GNUG__
+ #pragma interface "timerbase.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "wx/setup.h"
+#include "wx/object.h"
+#include "wx/longlong.h"
+#include "wx/event.h"
+
+#if wxUSE_GUI
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxTimer
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// the interface of wxTimer class
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxTimerBase : public wxObject
+{
+public:
+ // ctors and initializers
+ // ----------------------
+
+ // default: if you don't call SetOwner(), your only chance to get timer
+ // notifications is to override Notify() in the derived class
+ wxTimerBase() { Init(); SetOwner(NULL); }
+
+ // ctor which allows to avoid having to override Notify() in the derived
+ // class: the owner will get timer notifications which can be handled with
+ // EVT_TIMER
+ wxTimerBase(wxEvtHandler *owner, int id = -1)
+ { Init(); SetOwner(owner, id); }
+
+ // same as ctor above
+ void SetOwner(wxEvtHandler *owner, int id = -1)
+ { m_owner = owner; m_idTimer = id; }
+
+ // working with the timer
+ // ----------------------
+
+ // start the timer: if milliseconds == -1, use the same value as for the
+ // last Start()
+ //
+ // it is now valid to call Start() multiple times: this just restarts the
+ // timer if it is already running
+ virtual bool Start(int milliseconds = -1, bool oneShot = FALSE);
+
+ // stop the timer
+ virtual void Stop() = 0;
+
+ // override this in your wxTimer-derived class if you want to process timer
+ // messages in it, use non default ctor or SetOwner() otherwise
+ virtual void Notify();
+
+ // getting info
+ // ------------
+
+ // return TRUE if the timer is running
+ virtual bool IsRunning() const = 0;
+
+ // get the (last) timer interval in the milliseconds
+ int GetInterval() const { return m_milli; }
+
+ // return TRUE if the timer is one shot
+ bool IsOneShot() const { return m_oneShot; }
+
+#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2
+ // deprecated functions
+ int Interval() const { return GetInterval(); };
+ bool OneShot() const { return IsOneShot(); }
+#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2
+
+protected:
+ // common part of all ctors
+ void Init() { m_oneShot = FALSE; m_milli = 0; }
+
+ wxEvtHandler *m_owner;
+ int m_idTimer;
+
+ int m_milli; // the timer interval
+ bool m_oneShot; // TRUE if one shot
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxTimer itself
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+