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# timeout-service - use `$timeout` instead of `setTimeout`

Instead of the default setTimeout function, you should use the AngularJS wrapper service $timeout
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**Rule based on Angular 1.x**

**Styleguide Reference**

* [y181 by johnpapa - Angular $ Wrapper Services - $timeout and $interval](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/blob/master/a1/README.md#style-y181)

## Examples

The following patterns are considered problems;

    /*eslint angular/timeout-service: 2*/

    // invalid
    setTimeout(function() {
        // ...
    }, 1000) // error: You should use the $timeout service instead of the default window.setTimeout method

    // invalid
    window.setTimeout(function() {
        // ...
    }, 1000) // error: You should use the $timeout service instead of the default window.setTimeout method

    // invalid
    $window.setTimeout(function() {
        // ...
    }, 1000) // error: You should use the $timeout service instead of the default window.setTimeout method

The following patterns are **not** considered problems;

    /*eslint angular/timeout-service: 2*/

    // valid
    $timeout(function() {
        // ...
    }, 1000)

## Version

This rule was introduced in eslint-plugin-angular 0.1.0

## Links

* [Rule source](/rules/timeout-service.js)
* [Example source](/examples/timeout-service.js)