qfi

0.1.0-0 • Public • Published

QFI - a function processing queue for node.js

qfi ( /ˈkjuːfi/; named cue-fi) is the love child of an array and an eventemitter

it supports all

methods and properties. this is allready useful in itself, but there is more.

additonal qfi supports various native methods to

  • store
  • execute
  • delay
  • iterate

functions.

USE CASES

  • usefull if you work with REST APIs that have rate limits.
  • zillion other things

INSTALL

  var q = require('/path/to/qfi.js');

or via npm (not yet published)

  >npm install qfi
  var q = require('qfi');

Q

the 'q' part of 'qfi'

q properties

//if true, q is in daemon modus (waits for new things to execute)
//default false
q.daemon

//time between executions, default 0
q.outtime

//a precondition callback //if false, the execution loop breaks q.breakIf() //if the loop breaks, this callback is called q.breakcallback(pointer)

//if the exectuion loop exits, this callback is called
q.exitcallback()

q methods

  //returns a new FunctionItem
  q.createFunctionItem(func, args, thisarg, eventname)
  
  //adds a new FunctionItem to q
  //more details see the section about FunctionItem
  q.add(func, args, thisarg, eventname)
  //===
  q.addFunctionItem(func, args, thisarg, eventname)

  //set the properties of q
  q.setConf(confobject)
  
  //start daemon mode
  //q waits if new FunctionItems get added (and then executes them)
  q.startDaemon()

  //turn of deamon mode
  q.stopDaemon()

  //executes all stored FunctionItems from q[0]
  //takes an optional conf object -> see q.setConf
  q.start(conf) 
  // ===
  q.restart(conf)

  //stop execution of FunctionItems  
  q.stop(conf) 
  
  //if execution of FunctionItems was stopped
  //`resume` continues execution where it was stopped
  q.resume(conf)
  
  //executes all FunctionItmes starting from q[start]
  q.startAt(start, conf)
  
  //stops execution before q[stop] gets executed
  q.breakBefore(stop,conf) 
  
  //stops execution after q[stop] was executed
  q.breakAfter(stop,conf)

  //deletes the brek set with q.breakBefore and q.breakAfter  
  q.clearBreak(stop,conf)
  
  //start execution from q[start], stop execution before q[stop] 
  q.startAtbreakBefore(start, stop, conf)

  //pauses execution for `milsec` milseconds 
  //q.pause(milsec,conf)

  //define how fast the FunctionItmes in q get executed (how many `hits`(executions) during `milisec`) 
  //q.setRate(hits, milsec)

  //how many executions should happen in one second
  q.setSecondRate(hits)

  //how many executions should happen in one minute/hour/day 
  q.setMinuteRate()
  q.setHourlyRate() 
  q.setDailyRate()

  //add an event listener to q
  //inherited from eventemitter
  q.on(eventname, callback)
  
  //create a new (blank) q
  var q2 = q.create()

FUNCTIONITEM

the 'fi' part of 'qfi'

FunctionItem properties

  //stores a function 
  q[n].func
  
  //storeas an arguements array
  q[n].args

  //stores a `this` value of `func`
  q[n].thisarg

  //after `func` gets executed, this event is emitted (with the returnvalue of `func`)
  //note: very cool and powerful
  q[n].eventname
  //note: if no eventname is given, no event will be emitted

FunctionItem methods

  //FunctionItems are ...ta da... functions 
  //executes the stored FunctionItem, with the values storred in FuncionItem
  q[n]()
  //===
  q[n].execute()
  //===
  q[n].x()

  //similar to https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/function/apply
  // applies thisarg and args instead of the FunctionItems storred values
  q[n].apply(thisarg, args)

  //similar to https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/function/call
  //applies thisarg and arg1, ... instead of the FunctionItems storred values
  q[n].call(thisarg, arg1, arg2, arg3, ...)

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