Worker

open external class Worker(scriptURL: String, options: WorkerOptions = definedExternally) : EventTarget, AbstractWorker, MessageEventTarget(source)

This Web Workers API interface represents a background task that can be easily created and can send messages back to its creator. Creating a worker is as simple as calling the Worker() constructor and specifying a script to be run in the worker thread.

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Constructors

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constructor(scriptURL: URL, options: WorkerOptions = definedExternally)
constructor(scriptURL: String, options: WorkerOptions = definedExternally)

Functions

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fun postMessage(message: Any?, transfer: ReadonlyArray<Transferable>)

Clones message and transmits it to worker's global environment. transfer can be passed as a list of objects that are to be transferred rather than cloned.

fun postMessage(message: Any?, options: StructuredSerializeOptions = definedExternally)
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fun terminate()

Aborts worker's associated global environment.