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 module:ControlFlow * @method * @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, errback) { var done = onlyOnce(errback || noop); var task = ensureAsync(fn); function next(err) { if (err) return done(err); task(next); } next(); }