@chenbo860826/scheduler

scheduler

The scheduler library could be used to arrange tasks in parallel according to dependencies of tasks.

Example

The following code shows an typically example to use scheduler for execution.

import {Scheduler} from '@chenbo860826/scheduler'

// create a scheduler with 5 parallel (10 by default)
let scheduler = new Scheduler({parallel: 5});

// add first task here
let taskId = scheduler.add(null, null, async () => {
	// ... do something
});

// add follow up task that depends on first task. It will execute after first task.
scheduler.add(null, [taskId], async () => {
	// ... do something
});

// start scheduling
await scheduler.execute();

Classes

Scheduler

constructor()

Syntax:

constructor(options)

Description:

Create a new scheduler instance. The options could be a map or unspecified. The following option could be used.

Key	Type	Default	Description
parallel	Integer	10	How many (async) tasks could be scheduled at the same time

add()

Syntax:

Integer add(Integer parentId, Array<Integer> dependentIds, handler, options)

Description:

Add a task (handler) to scheduler. It could define:

• parentId: the taskId of parent task. It could be -1 or null or undefined which all means no parent. Parent task works like task group, it could only complete after all its children completed.
• dependentIds: dependent taskIds. It could be empty array or null or undefined which implies depends on no one. The task won't be scheduled until all dependent tasks completed.
• handler: the task body. scheduler will call handle when run the task. It could be:
  • a sync or async function with format of void (Integer taskId, Scheduler scheduler)
  • an instance that have a sync or async member function run with format of void (Integer taskId, Scheduler scheduler)
• options: options for the task (It could leave unspecified). It supports the following settings:
  • prior: a boolean value that indicate the task shall be scheduled with high priority when condition satisfied (dependent tasks completes).

It will return an integer, which is unique within the scheduler, that stands for id of the task.

execute()

Syntax:

Promise<void> execute()

Description:

Start executing of all tasks. It won't return until all tasks complete, or any exception was throw. If any task throw an exception, the scheduler will stop executing and this function will quit by throw the error.