worker

Web worker API wrapper.

Installation

$ component install component/worker

API

Worker(script)

Initialize a worker with the given script.

Worker#send(msg)

Send a message to the worker.

varupper=newWorker('uppercase.js');upper.on('message',function(msg){console.log(msg.string);});upper.send({string: 'hello'});upper.send({string: 'world'});

Worker#send(msg, callback[, transferables])

Send a request message to the worker with the given callback. When using the request/response paradigm you should pass the e.data.id property back with your response so that the correct callback may be invoked:

worker:

onmessage=function(e){setTimeout(function(){postMessage({id: e.data.id,string: e.data.string.toUpperCase()});},500);};

client:

upper.send({string: 'hello'},function(msg){console.log(msg.string);});

Worker#close()

Terminate the worker.

License

MIT