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January 13, 2012 16:26
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Async task list that starts to execute immediately as soon as you push it.
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function Tasks(){ | |
var totalTasks = 0, | |
tasksComplete = 0, | |
taskResults = [], | |
waiting = false, | |
self = this; | |
this.push = function(task){ | |
var taskId = totalTasks; | |
totalTasks += 1; | |
task(function(err, result){ | |
onTaskComplete(taskId, err, result); | |
}); | |
}; | |
function onTaskComplete(taskId, err, result){ | |
taskResults[taskId] = { err: err, result: result }; | |
tasksComplete += 1; | |
if(waiting && tasksComplete == totalTasks){ | |
onFinish(); | |
} | |
} | |
function onFinish(){ | |
self._onFinish(taskResults); | |
} | |
this.await = function(callback){ | |
self._onFinish = callback; | |
if(tasksComplete == totalTasks){ | |
onFinish(); | |
} else { | |
waiting = true; | |
} | |
}; | |
} | |
var taskList = new Tasks(); | |
taskList.push(function(callback){ | |
setTimeout(function(){ callback(null, 1); }, 100); | |
}); | |
taskList.push(function(callback){ | |
setTimeout(function(){ callback(null, 2); }, 200); | |
}); | |
taskList.await(function(results){ | |
console.log(results); | |
}); | |
// Results: [ {err: null, result: 1}, { err: null, result: 2} ] |
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