Periodic tasks in Vala

Question

How can I create a periodic task in Vala? Is there any timer class in Vala that can call a scheduled method at a specified periods? If yes, please provide a sample code.

Update:

this is the sample code based on the answer and comments:

public class Sample : Object
{
   private static bool task()
   {
      stdout.printf("Yay\n");
      stdout.flush();
      return true; // false terminates timer
   }

   public static int main(string[] args)
   {
      Timeout.add_seconds(1, task);
      new MainLoop().run();
      return 0;
   }
}

Answer 1

You can attach a TimeourSource to a main loop. The return value of your callback decides if it gets rerun.