Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@igorkulman
Created February 20, 2014 10:16
Show Gist options
  • Star 0 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 0 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save igorkulman/9110555 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save igorkulman/9110555 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Request queue for JavaScript
function requestQueue(url, startCallback, doneCallback) {
var requests = [];
function createRequest(parameters) {
var f = function() {
$.post(url, parameters)
.done(function() {
if (requests.length > 0) {
//console.log("processing next request");
var next = requests.pop();
next();
} else {
//console.log("done");
doneCallback();
}
});
};
return f;
}
function enqueue(parameters) {
requests.push(createRequest(parameters));
}
function start() {
var first = requests.pop();
if (first == undefined) {
//console.log("empty queue");
} else {
//console.log("starting");
startCallback();
first();
}
}
return {
start: start,
enqueue: enqueue
};
}
@jgfet
Copy link

jgfet commented Sep 15, 2017

So every time you call requestQueue, what type of function would startCallback, doneCallback be? Can you provide an example to give some context as to how you call it? Thanks...
is it something like this perhaps?
var finished = false;
var p1 = requestQueue(url. p1.start, p2)
var p2 = requestQueue(url, p2.start, completed)
function completed() (
finished = true;
)

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment