---
name: "Message::Passing::Filter::Delay"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmessage-passing-perl"
version: "0.117-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Message::Passing::Filter::Delay"
---

# Message::Passing::Filter::Delay(3pm)

Delay messages for some time.

## NAME

Message::Passing::Filter::Delay - Delay messages for some time.

## DESCRIPTION

This filter passes all incoming messages through with no changes, however not immediately - they are delayed .

You would normally never want to use this, but it can be useful for testing occasionally, or avoiding race conditions.

## ATTRIBUTES

### delay\_for

Floating point number, indicating how many seconds to delay messages for.

## METHODS

### consume ($msg)

Sets up a timed callback in the event loop, which passes the message to the output (and deletes itself) once the timeout has expired

## SPONSORSHIP

This module exists due to the wonderful people at Suretec Systems Ltd. \<http://www.suretecsystems.com/\> who sponsored its development for its VoIP division called SureVoIP \<http://www.surevoip.co.uk/\> for use with the SureVoIP API -  \<http://www.surevoip.co.uk/support/wiki/api\_documentation\>

## AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

See Message::Passing.