Class jala.AsyncRequest

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class jala.AsyncRequest

This class is used to create requests of type "INTERNAL" (like cron-jobs) that are processed in a separate thread and therefor asynchronous.
Deprecated Use the app.invokeAsync method instead (built-in into Helma as of version 1.6)

Defined in AsyncRequest.js

Constructor Detail

jala.AsyncRequest

jala.AsyncRequest(<Object> obj, <String> funcName, <Array> args)

Creates a new AsyncRequest instance.

Parameters:
obj - Object in whose context the method should be called
funcName - Name of the function to call
args - Array containing the arguments that should be passed to the function (optional). This option is deprecated, instead pass the arguments directly to the run() method.

Returns:
A new instance of AsyncRequest

Deprecated Use the app.invokeAsync method instead (built-in into Helma as of version 1.6)

evaluate

void evaluate()

Starts this asynchronous request.

Deprecated Use run() instead

isAlive

Boolean isAlive()

Returns true if the underlying thread is alive

Returns:
True if the underlying thread is alive, false otherwise.

run

void run()

Starts this asynchronous request. Any arguments passed to this method will be passed to the method executed by this AsyncRequest instance.

setDelay

void setDelay(<Number> millis)

Defines the delay to wait before evaluating this asynchronous request.

Parameters:
millis - Milliseconds to wait

setTimeout

void setTimeout(<Number> seconds)

Sets the timeout of this asynchronous request.

Parameters:
seconds - Thread-timeout.