SharedWorker

A interface SharedWorker representa um tipo de worker específico que pode ser acedido  a partir de vários contextos de navegação, tais como várias janelas, iframes ou até workers. Eles implementam uma interface diferente do que os workers dedicados e têm um âmbito global diferente, SharedWorkerGlobalScope.

Criadores

SharedWorker()

Creates a shared web worker that executes the script at the specified URL.

Propriedades

Inherits properties from its parent, EventTarget, and implements properties from AbstractWorker.

AbstractWorker.onerror

Is an EventListener that is called whenever an ErrorEvent of type error bubbles through the worker.

SharedWorker.port Read only

Returns a MessagePort object used to communicate and control the shared worker.

Métodos

Inherits methods from its parent, EventTarget, and implements methods from AbstractWorker.

Exemplo

In our Basic shared worker example (run shared worker), we have two HTML pages, each of which uses some JavaScript to perform a simple calculation. The different scripts are using the same worker file to perform the calculation — they can both access it, even if their pages are running inside different windows.

The following code snippet shows creation of a SharedWorker object using the SharedWorker() constructor. Both scripts contain this:

var myWorker = new SharedWorker('worker.js');

Both scripts then access the worker through a MessagePort object created using the SharedWorker.port property. If the onmessage event is attached using addEventListener, the port is manually started using its start() method:

myWorker.port.start();

When the port is started, both scripts post messages to the worker and handle messages sent from it using port.postMessage() and port.onmessage, respectively:

first.onchange = function() {
  myWorker.port.postMessage([first.value,second.value]);
  console.log('Message posted to worker');
}

second.onchange = function() {
  myWorker.port.postMessage([first.value,second.value]);
  console.log('Message posted to worker');
}

myWorker.port.onmessage = function(e) {
  result1.textContent = e.data;
  console.log('Message received from worker');
}

Inside the worker we use the SharedWorkerGlobalScope.onconnect handler to connect to the same port discussed above. The ports associated with that worker are accessible in the connect event's ports property — we then use MessagePort start() method to start the port, and the onmessage handler to deal with messages sent from the main threads.

onconnect = function(e) {
  var port = e.ports[0];

  port.addEventListener('message', function(e) {
    var workerResult = 'Result: ' + (e.data[0] * e.data[1]);
    port.postMessage(workerResult);
  });

  port.start(); // Required when using addEventListener. Otherwise called implicitly by onmessage setter.
}

Outro exemplo: Another basic share worker example (run another shared worker.)

Especificações

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Consultar também

• Worker
• Utilização de workers da Web