Object «Threading»

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Provides management of parallel threads.

Method	Description
joinThread	Waiting for the specified flow to complete.
killThread	Finishes the execution of the specified flow.
receiveMessage	Queries the received message.
sendMessage	Sends a message to the specified stream.
startThread	Runs the function passed as a parameter in a separate thread.

joinThread

Waiting for the specified flow to complete.

Syntax

JavaScript

Threading.joinThread("threadId");

As a parameter, it is necessary to specify thread id.

killThread

Finishes the execution of the specified flow.

Syntax

JavaScript

Threading.killThread("threadId");

The thread id must be specified as a parameter.

receiveMessage

Queries the received message.

Syntax

JavaScript

Threading.receiveMessage(wait);

If wait is true, it waits until a message arrives.

sendMessage

Sends a message to the specified stream.

Syntax

JavaScript

Threading.sendMessage("threadId", "message");

As parameters, it is necessary to specify thread id and message.

startThread

Runs the function passed as a parameter in a separate thread.

Warning! This creates a new copy for all global variables. So if the value of a variable change in one thread, it stays the same in another thread.

Syntax

JavaScript

Threading.startThread("newThreadId", "functionName");

As parameters, it is necessary to specify thread id and function.