The new class cSortedTimers can be used to quickly get a list of all timers, sorted by their start time

timers.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.c 2.8 2012/02/27 09:38:41 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.c 2.9 2012/06/02 12:10:00 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "timers.h"
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ cTimer& cTimer::operator= (const cTimer &Timer)
 
 int cTimer::Compare(const cListObject &ListObject) const
 {
-  cTimer *ti = (cTimer *)&ListObject;
+  const cTimer *ti = (const cTimer *)&ListObject;
   time_t t1 = StartTime();
   time_t t2 = ti->StartTime();
   int r = t1 - t2;
@@ -820,3 +820,18 @@ void cTimers::DeleteExpired(void)
         }
   lastDeleteExpired = time(NULL);
 }
+
+// --- cSortedTimers ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+static int CompareTimers(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+  return (*(const cTimer **)a)->Compare(**(const cTimer **)b);
+}
+
+cSortedTimers::cSortedTimers(void)
+:cVector(Timers.Count())
+{
+  for (const cTimer *Timer = Timers.First(); Timer; Timer = Timers.Next(Timer))
+      Append(Timer);
+  Sort(CompareTimers);
+}