pace-yourself

A priority queue and consumer

PriorityQueue

Class representing a priority queue

Kind: global class

• PriorityQueue
  • new PriorityQueue([priorities])
  • .enqueue(entry, [priority]) ⇒ promise
  • .dequeue() ⇒ function

new PriorityQueue([priorities])

constructor - Create a priority queue

Example

const queue = new PriorityQueue();

priorityQueue.enqueue(entry, [priority]) ⇒ promise

enqueue - Enqueue a function

Kind: instance method of PriorityQueue
Returns: promise - A promise that resolves with enqueued function

Example

const queue = new PriorityQueue();
queue.enqueue(() => 'ayy', 2);
// → returns a promise that resolves with 'ayy'

priorityQueue.dequeue() ⇒ function

dequeue - Dequeue the next item in the highest priority queue with items

Kind: instance method of PriorityQueue
Returns: function - The dequeued function
Example

const queue = new PriorityQueue();
queue.enqueue(() => 'lmao', 2).then(result => console.log(result));
queue.dequeue()();
// → resolves the promise, logging 'lmao'

QueueConsumer

Class representing a queue consumer

Kind: global class

• QueueConsumer
  • new QueueConsumer(queue, [delay])
  • .start()
  • .stop()

new QueueConsumer(queue, [delay])

constructor - Create a queue consumer

Example

const queue = new PriorityQueue();
const consumer = new QueueConsumer(queue, 86400000);

queueConsumer.start()

start - Start consuming the queue

Kind: instance method of QueueConsumer

queueConsumer.stop()

stop - Stop consuming the queue

Kind: instance method of QueueConsumer

Scripts

test – run the tests

npm run test

coverage – generate and view code coverage as HTML

npm run coverage

lint – lint the codebase

npm run lint

readme – generate the README

npm run readme

compile – compile the code

npm run compile

License

MIT @ Flip