set-timeout-manager

A utility class for managing timeouts created by setTimeout.

Installation

You can install the package using npm:

npm install set-timeout-manager

Examples

// ES6 import
import SetTimeout from 'set-timeout-manager';

// (or) CommonJS require
const SetTimeout = require('set-timeout-manager');


const mockFn = () => 'set-timeout-manager';

// --- (start + clear) ---

SetTimeout.start(mockFn, 1000, 'basic-example');

SetTimeout.clear('basic-example');

// --- (start + clearAll) ---

SetTimeout.start(mockFn, 1000, 'timeout-one');
SetTimeout.start(mockFn, 1500, 'timeout-two');
SetTimeout.start(mockFn, 2000, 'timeout-three');

SetTimeout.clearAll();

// --- (start + listAll) ---

SetTimeout.start(mockFn, 1000, 'timeout-one');
SetTimeout.start(mockFn, 1500, 'timeout-two');

SetTimeout.listAll(); // => ['timeout-one', 'timeout-two']

SetTimeout.clear('timeout-one');

SetTimeout.listAll(); // => ['timeout-two']

API

`SetTimeout`

The main class exported by the package.

`start(fn: TimeoutFn, delay: number, key: string): void`

Starts a new timeout that calls the specified function at the specified delay.

fn (required): The function to call.
delay (required): The delay (in milliseconds) at which to call the function.
key (required): A unique string identifier for the timeout.

`clear(key: string): void`

Stops the timeout with the specified key.

key (required): The string identifier for the timeout to stop.

`clearAll(): void`

Stops all timeouts managed by this utility.

`listAll(): string[]`

Gets an array of all keys currently being used to manage timeouts.

License

This package is released under the MIT License.