Need help with runOnce

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Attempting to add a process delay using a runOnce as follows where contactDelay is 5000 milliseconds, but it wont work. Works without the delay coded.

log shows (note 1175 is the runOnce statement)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Name cannot be null. on line 1175 (onContact1Event)
delayed contact event by 5000

Any suggestion appreciated.

 if (contactDelay && contactDelay > 0)
	{
	log.debug "delayed contact event by ${contactDelay}"
    def tms = now() + (contactDelay)
	def date = new Date(tms)
	runOnce(date, processEvent(deviceType, deviceState1, deviceState2, deviceState3, deviceState4, index, evt))
	}
else
	processEvent(deviceType, deviceState1, deviceState2, deviceState3, deviceState4, index, evt)
2

There's a good chance I'm wrong but I don't believe you can pass parameters with runOnce that way.
It would have to be runOnce(date, processEvent [data:[deviceType, deviceState1, etc]]) or similar.

3

Or maybe
def myList = [deviceType,deviceState1,etc]
runOnce(date, processEvent [data:myList])

In your processEvent method you would need something to parse that "data" map.

4

The SmartThings documentation only mentions overwrite: as a valid option in the map and data: is not listed. lists [data: ...] as a valid option key. Presumably, Hubitat should allow it to be used as well.

If a data: map cannot be passed on, since runOnce is executed independently, the only way I can think of to pass arguments is to use state objects, or a single state object to store a map of all of those arguments you are trying to pass.

5

Hmmm..I just dug up one of my old posts and I have this, that I remember working at the time. See snippet below. I believe the same should work for all the run's

def runSequence(){
    	runIn(3,"runTest1",[data: [num: 1]])
    	runIn(6,"runTest1",[data: [num: 2]])
}

def runTest1(data) {
    log.info data.num
}
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According to:
https://docs.smartthings.com/en/latest/ref-docs/device-handler-ref.html

runOnce()

Executes the handlerMethod once at the specified date and time.

Signature:

void runOnce(dateTime, handlerMethod [, options])

Parameters:

dateTime - When to execute the handlerMethod . Can be either a Date object or an ISO-8601 date string. For example, new Date() + 1 would run at the current time tomorrow, and "2017-07-04T12:00:00.000Z" would run at noon GMT on July 4th, 2017.

handlerMethod - The method to execute at the specified dateTime . This can be a reference to the method, or the method name as a string.

options (optional) - A map of parameters, with the following keys supported:

Key Possible values Description
overwrite true or false Specify [overwrite: false] to not overwrite any existing pending schedule handler for the given method (the default behavior is to overwrite the pending schedule). Specifying [overwrite: false] can lead to multiple different schedules for the same handler method, so be sure your handler method can handle this.
data A map of data A map of data that will be passed to the handler method.
7

I'm attemtping to modify an exiting app, and did was attempting to avoid changing too much code. Oh well, guess that won't happen.

8

Thank you that worked! It was a list so no parse was needed.
This also worked.

runOnce(date, processEvent, [data:[deviceType, deviceState1, deviceState2, deviceState3, deviceState4, index, evt]])