Some provisional base functionality for [#160]

modules/timers/timers.js

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+/**
+ * Module Name: Timers
+ * Description: Persistent timers and shit
+ */
+var _ = require('underscore')._;
+
+var timers = function(dbot) {
+    this.timers = dbot.db.timers;
+    this.runningTimers = [];
+
+    this.api = {
+        'addTimer': function(callback, timeout, firstDate) {
+            var now = new Date().getTime();
+            if(firstDate) {
+                console.log('Setting first timer to run at ' + firstDate);
+                timeout = firstDate.getTime() - now; 
+                setTimeout(function(callback) {
+                    console.log('Running first timer at ' + new Date().toUTCString()); 
+                    callback();
+                    this.api.addTimer(callback, timeout);
+                }.bind(this), timeout);
+            } else {
+                setInterval(function(callback) {
+                    console.log('Running subsequent timer at ' + new Date().toUTCString()); 
+                    callback();
+                }.bind(this), timeout);
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    this.onLoad = function() { 
+        // TODO: Persist timers
+    }.bind(this);
+};
+
+exports.fetch = function(dbot) {
+    return new timers(dbot);
+};