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Documentation for Promise.timeout() and Promise.cancel()

v0.7.4-release
Felix Geisendörfer 15 years ago
committed by Ryan Dahl
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@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ emit anymore events.
| Event | Parameters | Notes
| +"success"+ | (depends) |
| +"error"+ | (depends) |
| +"cancel"+ | (depends) |
|=========================================================
+promise.addCallback(listener)+ ::
@ -213,6 +214,9 @@ Adds a listener for the +"success"+ event. Returns the same promise object.
+promise.addErrback(listener)+ ::
Adds a listener for the +"error"+ event. Returns the same promise object.
+promise.addCancelback(listener)+ ::
Adds a listener for the +"cancel"+ event. Returns the same promise object.
+promise.emitSuccess(arg1, arg2, ...)+ ::
If you created the promise (by doing +new node.Promise()+) then call
+emitSuccess+ to emit the +"success"+ event with the given arguments.
@ -223,6 +227,37 @@ the moment due to a bug; use +emitSuccess+ instead.)
+promise.emitError(arg1, arg2, ...)+ ::
Emits the +"error"+ event.
+promise.emitCancel(arg1, arg2, ...)+ ::
Emits the +"cancel"+ event. You may still get a +"success"+ or +"error"+
callback if the promise giver does not handle the cancel event. Use
+promise.cancel()+ to ignore any later events.
+promise.cancel()+ ::
Clears all +"success"+ and +"error"+ event listeners from the promise, then
emits the +"cancel"+ event. Whether or not the promise is actually canceled
or not depends on the promise giver.
+promise.timeout(timeout = undefined)+ ::
If the +timeout+ parameter is provided, the promise will emit an +"error"+
event after the given amount of millseconds. The timeout is canceled by any
+"success"+, +"error"+ or +"cancel"+ event being emitted by the Promise.
+
To tell apart a timeout from a regular "error" event, use the following test:
+
----------------------------------------
promise.addErrback(function(e) {
if (e instanceof Error && e.message === 'timeout') {
// handle timeout
} else {
// handle regular error
}
});
----------------------------------------
+
If the +timeout+ parameter is not provided, the current timeout value, if any,
is returned.
+
+promise.wait()+ ::
Blocks futher execution until the promise emits a success or error event.
Events setup before the call to +promise.wait()+ was made may still be

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