Added JavascriptHelper#periodically_call_remote in order to create areas of a page that update automatically at a set interval #945 [Jon Tirsen]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@1108 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascripts/prototype.js b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascripts/prototype.js
index 5dc41e36dd..1ab50882c4 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascripts/prototype.js
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascripts/prototype.js
@@ -613,3 +613,32 @@ Effect.Appear.prototype = {
   }
 }
 
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+PeriodicalExecuter = Class.create();
+PeriodicalExecuter.prototype = {
+  initialize: function(what, frequency) {
+    this.what = what;
+    this.frequency = frequency;
+    this.currentlyExecuting = false;
+    
+    this.registerCallback();
+  },
+  
+  registerCallback: function() {
+    setTimeout(this.onTimerEvent.bind(this), this.frequency * 1000);
+  },
+  
+  onTimerEvent: function() {
+    if (!this.currentlyExecuting) {
+      try { 
+        this.currentlyExecuting = true;
+        this.what(); 
+      } finally { 
+        this.currentlyExecuting = false;
+      }
+    }
+    
+    this.registerCallback();
+  }
+}