dojox/timing/doLater.js

• Provides:

  • dojox.timing.doLater

• dojox.timing.doLater

  • type

    Function

  • parameters:
    • conditional: (typeof anything)

      Can be a property that eventually gets set, or
      an expression, method... anything that can be
      evaluated.

    • context: (typeof Object )

      Object
      The namespace where the call originated.
      Defaults to global and anonymous functions

    • interval: (typeof Number )

      Number
      Poll time to check conditional in Milliseconds

  • source: [view]
     if(conditional){ return false; } // Boolean
     var callback = dojox.timing.doLater.caller,
      args = dojox.timing.doLater.caller.arguments;
     interval = interval || 100;
     context = context || dojo.global;
    
     
     setTimeout(function(){
      callback.apply(context, args);
     },interval);
     return true; // Boolean
  • summary

    Check if a parameter is ready, and if not,
    "do later". doLater will ping the parameter
    until it evaluates to something (truthy).
    It thens calls the caller with original
    arguments, using the supplied context or
    window.

  • description

    dojox.timing.doLater(conditional) is testing if the call
    should be done later. So it returns
    true if the param is false.
    arguments:

  • returns

    Boolean

  • example

    
     setTimeout(function(){
     		if(dojox.timing.doLater(app.ready)){return;}
     		console.log("Code is ready! anonymous.function SUCCESS")
     	},700);

• dojox.timing

  • type

    Object

  • summary

• dojox

  • type

    Object

  • summary