syncCallbacks property for WorkerPromise

modules/ringo/worker.js

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function Worker(moduleId) {
         var invokeCallback = function(callback, arg) {
             if (syncCallbacks) callback(arg);
             else currentWorker.submit(self, callback, arg);
-        }
+        };
         var source = {
             postMessage: function(data) {
                 invokeCallback(onmessage, {data: data, source: self});
@@ -136,17 +136,20 @@ function Worker(moduleId) {
  *
  * @param {String} moduleId the id of the module to load in the worker.
  * @param {Object} message the message to post to the worker.
+ * @param {Boolean} [syncCallbacks] flag that indicates whether
+ * callbacks from the worker should be called synchronously in the worker's
+ * own thread rather than in our own local event loop thread.
  * @constructor
  * @see ringo/promise#Promise
  */
-function WorkerPromise(moduleId, message) {
+function WorkerPromise(moduleId, message, syncCallbacks) {
     var deferred = new Deferred();
     var worker = new Worker(moduleId);
     var resolved = false;
 
     worker.onmessage = function(e) {
         resolve(e.data, false);
-    }
+    };
 
     worker.onerror = function(e) {
         resolve(e.data, true);
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ function WorkerPromise(moduleId, message) {
         }
     }
 
-    worker.postMessage(message);
+    worker.postMessage(message, syncCallbacks);
     return deferred.promise;
 
     /**

test/ringo/promise_test.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var assert = require("assert");
 var {Deferred, PromiseList} = require("ringo/promise");
+var {WorkerPromise} = require("ringo/worker");
 var system = require("system");
 
 exports.testPromise = function() {
@@ -42,6 +43,22 @@ exports.testPromiseList = function() {
     assert.deepEqual(result, [{value: "ok"}, {value: 1}, {error: "error"}]);
 };
 
+exports.testPromiseListWait = function() {
+    var w1 = new WorkerPromise( module.resolve('./promise_worker'), { delay: 100 }, true );
+    var w2 = new WorkerPromise( module.resolve('./promise_worker'), { delay: 100 }, true );
+    var l = PromiseList(w1, w2);
+
+    var then = new Date().getTime();
+    var result = l.wait(1000);
+    var elapsed = new Date().getTime() - then;
+
+    // The workers should finish in 100ms, therefore the PromiseList should end at
+    // about the same time. If a second has passed, the PromiseList is not properly
+    // being notified of the Workers who are ending.
+    assert.isTrue(elapsed < 500);
+    assert.deepEqual(result, [{value: {success: true}}, {value: {success: true}}]);
+};
+
 exports.testPromiseListAsArray = function() {
     var d1 = Deferred(), d2 = Deferred(), d3 = Deferred(), done = Deferred();
     var l = PromiseList([d1.promise, d2.promise, d3]); // PromiseList should convert d3 to promise

test/ringo/promise_worker.js

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+var log = require( 'ringo/logging' ).getLogger( module.id );
+/**
+ * The worker module needed by promise_test
+ */
+function onmessage(e) {
+
+    var source = e.source;
+    var result = e.data.result || { success: true };
+    var delay = e.data.delay || 2000;
+
+    var success = function() {
+        log.info( 'Posting the result: ', JSON.stringify( result ) );
+        source.postMessage( result );
+    };
+
+    setTimeout( success, delay );
+}