Is there a timer function in ASP.NET MVC3?

I'm looking for a way to call a function every N seconds in order to update data displayed on the page.

Is there a built-in functionality to accomp开发者_JAVA技巧lish this task or do I have to do it by myself?

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There are the window.setTimeout and window.setInterval javascript functions. For example:

window.setInterval(function() {
    // this will run on every 10 seconds
    // Here you can send AJAX requests to your controller actions in order 
    // to refresh some data
}, 1000 * 10);

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Timer class:

using System.Timers;
...

_timer = new Timer(3000); // Set up the timer for 3 seco
_timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(_timer_Elapsed);
_timer.Enabled = true; // Enable it


static void _timer_Elapsed(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
   // do stuff
}