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chainable wrapper for JS setTimeout and setInterval
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// call.js | |
// chainable setTimeout and setInterval JavaScript wrapper | |
// | |
// By Daniel Hug: https://gist.github.com/Daniel-Hug/9062765 | |
// MIT license: http://hug.mit-license.org/ | |
// | |
// use: | |
// var timer = call(fn, scope, args).after(1000).start(); | |
// var interval = call(fn, scope, args).every(1000).fire().start(); | |
// timer.stop(); | |
// interval.stop(); | |
function call(cb, scope, args) { | |
var t = this; | |
// automate 'new' keyword | |
if (!(t instanceof call)) return new call(cb, scope, args); | |
// set initial values | |
t.id = null; | |
t.delay = null; | |
t.going = false; | |
t.fire = function() { | |
cb.apply(scope, args); | |
return t; | |
}; | |
} | |
call.prototype = { | |
after: function(delay) { | |
var t = this; | |
t.delay = delay; | |
t.caller = function() { | |
t.going = false; | |
return t.fire(); | |
}; | |
return t; | |
}, | |
every: function(delay) { | |
var t = this; | |
t.delay = delay; | |
t.caller = function() { | |
t.fire().id = setTimeout(function() { | |
t.caller(); | |
}, delay); | |
}; | |
return t; | |
}, | |
start: function() { | |
clearTimeout(this.id); | |
this.going = true; | |
this.id = setTimeout(this.caller, this.delay); | |
return this; | |
}, | |
stop: function() { | |
clearTimeout(this.id); | |
this.going = false; | |
return this; | |
} | |
}; |
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