web-worker-helper/dist/lib/worker-farm/worker-thread.d.ts

Utilities for running tasks on worker threads

export type WorkerThreadProps = {
    name: string;
    source?: string;
    url?: string;
};
/**
 * Represents one worker thread
 */
export default class WorkerThread {
    readonly name: string;
    readonly source: string | undefined;
    readonly url: string | undefined;
    terminated: boolean;
    worker: Worker;
    onMessage: (message: any) => void;
    onError: (error: Error) => void;
    private loadableURL;
    constructor(props: WorkerThreadProps);
    static isSupported(): boolean;
    /**
     * Terminate this worker thread
     * @note Can free up significant memory
     */
    destroy(): void;
    get isRunning(): boolean;
    /**
     * Send a message to this worker thread
     * @param data any data structure, ideally consisting mostly of transferrable objects
     * @param transferList If not supplied, calculated automatically by traversing data
     */
    postMessage(data: any, transferList?: any[]): void;
    /**
     * Generate a standard Error from an ErrorEvent
     * @param {ErrorEvent} event
     */
    private getErrorFromErrorEvent;
    /**
     * Creates a worker thread on the browser
     */
    private createBrowserWorker;
}