kotlinx.coroutines.channels

Enum TickerMode

public enum TickerMode

Mode for TickerChannelsKt.ticker function.

Note: Ticker channels are not currently integrated with structured concurrency and their api will change in the future.

See Also:

TickerChannelsKt.ticker

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
FIXED_DELAY Maintains fixed delay between produced elements if consumer cannot keep up or it otherwise slow.
FIXED_PERIOD Adjust delay to maintain fixed period if consumer cannot keep up or is otherwise slow. This is a default mode.

Enum Constant Detail

FIXED_PERIOD

public static TickerMode FIXED_PERIOD

Adjust delay to maintain fixed period if consumer cannot keep up or is otherwise slow. This is a default mode.

val channel = ticker(delay = 100)
delay(350) // 250 ms late
println(channel.poll()) // prints Unit
println(channel.poll()) // prints null

delay(50)
println(channel.poll()) // prints Unit, delay was adjusted
delay(50)
println(channel.poll()) // prints null, we'are not late relatively to previous element

FIXED_DELAY

public static TickerMode FIXED_DELAY

Maintains fixed delay between produced elements if consumer cannot keep up or it otherwise slow.