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author | Hubert Argasinski <argasinski.hubert@gmail.com> | 2016-03-31 02:22:16 -0700 |
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committer | Graeme Yeates <yeatesgraeme@gmail.com> | 2016-04-12 18:46:28 -0400 |
commit | 8eb2a7cec2c62edf35d7b812765bd64e6b7d484f (patch) | |
tree | 76a0c7715c612acddd9e6801dc14ec43f768176f /lib/forever.js | |
parent | a778ee63788d533111ff63b611cc5034e18a907f (diff) | |
download | async-8eb2a7cec2c62edf35d7b812765bd64e6b7d484f.tar.gz |
jsdoc-style documentation began documenting `Control Flow` methods
remaining `Control Flow` methods to document:
- queue
- priorityQueue
- cargo
- auto
- autoInject
- retry
- retryable
- iterator
- times, timesSeries, timesLimit
- race
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diff --git a/lib/forever.js b/lib/forever.js index 82d004a..23f261b 100644 --- a/lib/forever.js +++ b/lib/forever.js @@ -5,6 +5,34 @@ import noop from 'lodash/noop'; import onlyOnce from './internal/onlyOnce'; import ensureAsync from './ensureAsync'; +/** + * Calls the asynchronous function `fn` with a callback parameter that allows it + * to call itself again, in series, indefinitely. + + * If an error is passed to the + * callback then `errback` is called with the error, and execution stops, + * otherwise it will never be called. + * + * @name forever + * @static + * @memberOf async + * @category Control Flow + * @param {Function} fn - a function to call repeatedly. Invoked with (next). + * @param {Function} [errback] - when `fn` passes an error to it's callback, + * this function will be called, and execution stops. Invoked with (err). + * @example + * + * async.forever( + * function(next) { + * // next is suitable for passing to things that need a callback(err [, whatever]); + * // it will result in this function being called again. + * }, + * function(err) { + * // if next is called with a value in its first parameter, it will appear + * // in here as 'err', and execution will stop. + * } + * ); + */ export default function forever(fn, cb) { var done = onlyOnce(cb || noop); var task = ensureAsync(fn); |