src/task-loop.ts

/**
 * Sub-class specialization of EventHandler base class.
 *
 * TaskLoop allows to schedule a task function being called (optionnaly repeatedly) on the main loop,
 * scheduled asynchroneously, avoiding recursive calls in the same tick.
 *
 * The task itself is implemented in `doTick`. It can be requested and called for single execution
 * using the `tick` method.
 *
 * It will be assured that the task execution method (`tick`) only gets called once per main loop "tick",
 * no matter how often it gets requested for execution. Execution in further ticks will be scheduled accordingly.
 *
 * If further execution requests have already been scheduled on the next tick, it can be checked with `hasNextTick`,
 * and cancelled with `clearNextTick`.
 *
 * The task can be scheduled as an interval repeatedly with a period as parameter (see `setInterval`, `clearInterval`).
 *
 * Sub-classes need to implement the `doTick` method which will effectively have the task execution routine.
 *
 * Further explanations:
 *
 * The baseclass has a `tick` method that will schedule the doTick call. It may be called synchroneously
 * only for a stack-depth of one. On re-entrant calls, sub-sequent calls are scheduled for next main loop ticks.
 *
 * When the task execution (`tick` method) is called in re-entrant way this is detected and
 * we are limiting the task execution per call stack to exactly one, but scheduling/post-poning further
 * task processing on the next main loop iteration (also known as "next tick" in the Node/JS runtime lingo).
 */
export default class TaskLoop {
  private readonly _boundTick: () => void;
  private _tickTimer: number | null = null;
  private _tickInterval: number | null = null;
  private _tickCallCount = 0;
 
  constructor() {
    this._boundTick = this.tick.bind(this);
  }
 
  public destroy() {
    this.onHandlerDestroying();
    this.onHandlerDestroyed();
  }
 
  protected onHandlerDestroying() {
    // clear all timers before unregistering from event bus
    this.clearNextTick();
    this.clearInterval();
  }
 
  protected onHandlerDestroyed() {}
 
  /**
   * @returns {boolean}
   */
  public hasInterval(): boolean {
    return !!this._tickInterval;
  }
 
  /**
   * @returns {boolean}
   */
  public hasNextTick(): boolean {
    return !!this._tickTimer;
  }
 
  /**
   * @param {number} millis Interval time (ms)
   * @returns {boolean} True when interval has been scheduled, false when already scheduled (no effect)
   */
  public setInterval(millis: number): boolean {
    if (!this._tickInterval) {
      this._tickInterval = self.setInterval(this._boundTick, millis);
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }
 
  /**
   * @returns {boolean} True when interval was cleared, false when none was set (no effect)
   */
  public clearInterval(): boolean {
    if (this._tickInterval) {
      self.clearInterval(this._tickInterval);
      this._tickInterval = null;
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }
 
  /**
   * @returns {boolean} True when timeout was cleared, false when none was set (no effect)
   */
  public clearNextTick(): boolean {
    if (this._tickTimer) {
      self.clearTimeout(this._tickTimer);
      this._tickTimer = null;
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }
 
  /**
   * Will call the subclass doTick implementation in this main loop tick
   * or in the next one (via setTimeout(,0)) in case it has already been called
   * in this tick (in case this is a re-entrant call).
   */
  public tick(): void {
    this._tickCallCount++;
    if (this._tickCallCount === 1) {
      this.doTick();
      // re-entrant call to tick from previous doTick call stack
      // -> schedule a call on the next main loop iteration to process this task processing request
      if (this._tickCallCount > 1) {
        // make sure only one timer exists at any time at max
        this.clearNextTick();
        this._tickTimer = self.setTimeout(this._boundTick, 0);
      }
      this._tickCallCount = 0;
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * For subclass to implement task logic
   * @abstract
   */
  protected doTick(): void {}
}