如何从setTimeout做出承诺

时间:2014-03-28 08:18:39

标签: javascript settimeout promise

这不是一个现实世界的问题,我只想了解如何创造承诺。

我需要了解如何为一个不返回任何内容的函数做出承诺,比如setTimeout。

假设我有:

function async(callback){ 
    setTimeout(function(){
        callback();
    }, 5000);
}

async(function(){
    console.log('async called back');
});

如何在async准备好setTimeout之后创建callback()可以返回的承诺?

我认为包裹它会把我带到某个地方:

function setTimeoutReturnPromise(){

    function promise(){}

    promise.prototype.then = function() {
        console.log('timed out');
    };

    setTimeout(function(){
        return ???
    },2000);


    return promise;
}

但除此之外,我无法思考。

4 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:75)

更新(2017)

2017年,Promises内置于JavaScript中,它们是由ES2015规范添加的(polyfill适用于过时的环境,如IE8-IE11)。他们使用的语法使用您传递给Promise构造函数(Promise 执行程序)的回调函数,该函数接收解析/拒绝作为参数的promise的函数。

首先,因为async now has a meaning in JavaScript(即使它只是某些上下文中的关键字),我将使用later作为函数的名称以避免混淆。

基本延迟

使用原生承诺(或忠实的polyfill),它看起来像这样:

function later(delay) {
    return new Promise(function(resolve) {
        setTimeout(resolve, delay);
    });
}

请注意,假设setTimeout的版本符合the definition for browsers,其中setTimeout不会将任何参数传递给回调,除非您在间隔后给出它们(这可能不是在非浏览器环境中是如此,在Firefox上并不常见,但现在是这样;在Chrome上甚至在IE8上都是如此。)

带有值的基本延迟

如果你希望你的函数可选地传递一个分辨率值,在任何模糊的现代浏览器上允许你在延迟后给setTimeout提供额外的参数,然后在调用时将它们传递给回调,你可以做这个(目前的Firefox和Chrome; IE11 +,大概是Edge; 不是 IE8或IE9,不知道IE10):

function later(delay, value) {
    return new Promise(function(resolve) {
        setTimeout(resolve, delay, value); // Note the order, `delay` before `value`
        /* Or for outdated browsers that don't support doing that:
        setTimeout(function() {
            resolve(value);
        }, delay);
        Or alternately:
        setTimeout(resolve.bind(null, value), delay);
        */
    });
}

如果您正在使用ES2015 +箭头功能,那可以更简洁:

function later(delay, value) {
    return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay, value));
}

甚至

const later = (delay, value) =>
    new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay, value));

具有值的可取消延迟

如果您希望取消超时,则不能仅从later返回承诺,因为承诺无法取消。

但是我们可以使用cancel方法和promise的访问器轻松返回一个对象,并在取消时拒绝承诺:

const later = (delay, value) => {
    let timer = 0;
    let reject = null;
    const promise = new Promise((resolve, _reject) => {
        reject = _reject;
        timer = setTimeout(resolve, delay, value);
    });
    return {
        get promise() { return promise; },
        cancel() {
            if (timer) {
                clearTimeout(timer);
                timer = 0;
                reject();
                reject = null;
            }
        }
    };
};

直播示例:

const later = (delay, value) => {
    let timer = 0;
    let reject = null;
    const promise = new Promise((resolve, _reject) => {
        reject = _reject;
        timer = setTimeout(resolve, delay, value);
    });
    return {
        get promise() { return promise; },
        cancel() {
            if (timer) {
                clearTimeout(timer);
                timer = 0;
                reject();
                reject = null;
            }
        }
    };
};

const l1 = later(100, "l1");
l1.promise
  .then(msg => { console.log(msg); })
  .catch(() => { console.log("l1 cancelled"); });

const l2 = later(200, "l2");
l2.promise
  .then(msg => { console.log(msg); })
  .catch(() => { console.log("l2 cancelled"); });
setTimeout(() => {
  l2.cancel();
}, 150);


2014年的原始答案

通常你会有一个诺言库(你自己写的,或者其中一个)。该库通常会有一个您可以创建并稍后“解析”的对象,并且该对象将具有您可以从中获得的“承诺”。

然后later会看起来像这样:

function later() {
    var p = new PromiseThingy();
    setTimeout(function() {
        p.resolve();
    }, 2000);

    return p.promise(); // Note we're not returning `p` directly
}

在对这个问题的评论中,我问道:

  

您是否正在尝试创建自己的承诺库?

你说

  

我不是,但我想现在这实际上是我想要了解的内容。图书馆将如何做到这一点

为了帮助理解,这里是非常非常基本的示例,它不符合Promises-A:Live Copy

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Very basic promises</title>
</head>
<body>
  <script>
    (function() {

      // ==== Very basic promise implementation, not remotely Promises-A compliant, just a very basic example
      var PromiseThingy = (function() {

        // Internal - trigger a callback
        function triggerCallback(callback, promise) {
          try {
            callback(promise.resolvedValue);
          }
          catch (e) {
          }
        }

        // The internal promise constructor, we don't share this
        function Promise() {
          this.callbacks = [];
        }

        // Register a 'then' callback
        Promise.prototype.then = function(callback) {
          var thispromise = this;

          if (!this.resolved) {
            // Not resolved yet, remember the callback
            this.callbacks.push(callback);
          }
          else {
            // Resolved; trigger callback right away, but always async
            setTimeout(function() {
              triggerCallback(callback, thispromise);
            }, 0);
          }
          return this;
        };

        // Our public constructor for PromiseThingys
        function PromiseThingy() {
          this.p = new Promise();
        }

        // Resolve our underlying promise
        PromiseThingy.prototype.resolve = function(value) {
          var n;

          if (!this.p.resolved) {
            this.p.resolved = true;
            this.p.resolvedValue = value;
            for (n = 0; n < this.p.callbacks.length; ++n) {
              triggerCallback(this.p.callbacks[n], this.p);
            }
          }
        };

        // Get our underlying promise
        PromiseThingy.prototype.promise = function() {
          return this.p;
        };

        // Export public
        return PromiseThingy;
      })();

      // ==== Using it

      function later() {
        var p = new PromiseThingy();
        setTimeout(function() {
          p.resolve();
        }, 2000);

        return p.promise(); // Note we're not returning `p` directly
      }

      display("Start " + Date.now());
      later().then(function() {
        display("Done1 " + Date.now());
      }).then(function() {
        display("Done2 " + Date.now());
      });

      function display(msg) {
        var p = document.createElement('p');
        p.innerHTML = String(msg);
        document.body.appendChild(p);
      }
    })();
  </script>
</body>
</html>

答案 1 :(得分:1)

const setTimeoutAsync = (cb, delay) =>
  new Promise((resolve) => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      resolve(cb());
    }, delay);
  });

我们可以像这样通过自定义'cb fxn'??

答案 2 :(得分:0)

这不是原始问题的答案。但是,由于最初的问题不是现实问题,因此不应该成为问题。我试图向朋友解释JavaScript中的promise是什么,promise和callback之间的区别。

以下代码用作说明:

//very basic callback example using setTimeout
//function a is asynchronous function
//function b used as a callback
function a (callback){
    setTimeout (function(){
       console.log ('using callback:'); 
       let mockResponseData = '{"data": "something for callback"}'; 
       if (callback){
          callback (mockResponseData);
       }
    }, 2000);

} 

function b (dataJson) {
   let dataObject = JSON.parse (dataJson);
   console.log (dataObject.data);   
}

a (b);

//rewriting above code using Promise
//function c is asynchronous function
function c () {
   return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
     setTimeout (function(){
       console.log ('using promise:'); 
       let mockResponseData = '{"data": "something for promise"}'; 
       resolve(mockResponseData); 
    }, 2000);      
   }); 

}

c().then (b);

JsFiddle

答案 3 :(得分:0)

实施:

// Promisify setTimeout
const pause = (ms, cb, ...args) =>
  new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    setTimeout(async () => {
      try {
        resolve(await cb?.(...args))
      } catch (error) {
        reject(error)
      }
    }, ms)
  })

测试:

// Test 1
pause(1000).then(() => console.log('called'))
// Test 2
pause(1000, (a, b, c) => [a, b, c], 1, 2, 3).then(value => console.log(value))
// Test 3
pause(1000, () => {
  throw Error('foo')
}).catch(error => console.error(error))