FBNotificationWatcher_without_jQuery.proxy

gistfile1.js

var FBNotificationWatcher = new JS.Class({

  initialize : function(timeout) {
    this.url = "http://foo/return/json";
    this.getNotifications(); // initiate the first fetch
  },


  getNotifications : function() {
    var url = this.url;

    $.ajax({
      // do your ajax call
      success : this.processNotifications
    });
  },


  processNotifications : function(rawNotificationData) {
    // process notifications...

    setTimeout(this.getNotifications, this.timeout); // start all over again...
  }

});