/agent-smith.js
Last active Dec 7, 2017
Agents example
| // agent-smith.js | |
| /** | |
| * Receive shared array buffer in this worker. | |
| */ | |
| onmessage = (message) => { | |
| // Worker's view of the shared data. | |
| let heapArray = new Int32Array(message.data); | |
| let indexToModify = 1; | |
| heapArray[indexToModify] = 100; | |
| // Send the index as a message back. | |
| postMessage(indexToModify); | |
| }; |
| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>Agents example</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <!-- | |
| NOTE: if you run this example locally, run it in Firefox, | |
| since Chrome due to security reasons doesn't allow loading | |
| web workers from a local file. | |
| --> | |
| <script type="text/javascript"> | |
| // Shared data between this agent, and another worker. | |
| let sharedHeap = new SharedArrayBuffer(16); | |
| // Our view of the data. | |
| let heapArray = new Int32Array(sharedHeap); | |
| // Create a new agent (worker). | |
| let agentSmith = new Worker('agent-smith.js'); | |
| agentSmith.onmessage = (message) => { | |
| // Agent sends the index of the data it modified. | |
| let modifiedIndex = message.data; | |
| // Check the data is modified: | |
| console.log(heapArray[modifiedIndex]); // 100 | |
| }; | |
| // Send the shared data to the agent. | |
| agentSmith.postMessage(sharedHeap); | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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