RE: Questions on SVGTimer

I have already submitted a proposal to the WG about this question because there are 2 potential ways of creating an SVG TImer :
See http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-svg-wg/2005AprJun/0888.html
 
You can either create a timer via an EventTarget (SVGElement, SVGDocument, SVGSVGElement) or via SVGGlobal.
 
It depends whether you consider that a timer is a global object for the document or if it is related to a given element in the document.
 
I'm still waiting for a RESOLUTION on this. Jon Ferraiolo proposes to have that timer creation method in SVGDocument.
We will discuss this hopefully on next tuesday telcon
 
Vincent


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	De : James Bentley [mailto:James.Bentley@guideworkstv.com] 
	Envoyé : vendredi 10 juin 2005 14:54
	À : MAHE Vincent RD-TECH-REN; www-svg@w3.org
	Objet : RE: Questions on SVGTimer
	
	
	Thank you,
	What is the possibility of getting an SVG element for defining the timer in the document?

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	From: MAHE Vincent RD-TECH-REN [mailto:v.mahe@francetelecom.com] 
	Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 1:57 AM
	To: James Bentley; www-svg@w3.org
	Subject: RE: Questions on SVGTimer
	
	
	Hello James,
	 
	The SVGTimer interface already has a stop() method which enables you to stop the timer. 
	If you call stop() and then start(), this is equivalent to a reset, right ?
	 
	Concerning the event generated, I've been given an action to define a new "timer" event because the WG has decided to introduce this new event in the list of SVG events.
	 
	Regards,
	 
	Vincent


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		De : www-svg-request@w3.org [mailto:www-svg-request@w3.org] De la part de James Bentley
		Envoyé : jeudi 9 juin 2005 19:30
		À : 'www-svg@w3.org'
		Objet : Questions on SVGTimer
		
		

		Given that an SVG Timer is obtained from SVGGlobal, is there an IDL specification of SVGGlobal that defines the method for this?

		Also, I realize this is in 1.2 full, what is the possibility of creating an element for this timer and extending its methods to include a reset?

		My current requirement is to support screen transitions based on user inactivity - i.e. a screen saver. I'm not certain that this can be accomplished with the 'set' element - since 'set' only changes attribute vaules and can not invoke a script, and script does not have animationTiming attributes. However, since SVGTimer is an EventTarget, I can add an EventListener to it to insure that I can produce the expected behavior. With the addition of a reset method, I can restart the timer when I get user activity - delaying the listener from being executed.

		This, however, brings up another question. What Event will be generated by the SVGTimer upon timeout? 

		Thank you.