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threading

import {...} from "@motion-canvas/core/lib/threading";

Thread management.

Classes​

Interfaces​

Type Aliases​

ThreadGenerator​

type ThreadGenerator = GeneratorThreadGeneratorPromiseanyPromisableanyvoidvoidThreadany

The main generator type produced by all generator functions in Motion Canvas.

Examples

Functions​

cancel​

public cancel...tasks: ThreadGenerator[]: void

Cancel all listed tasks.

Example:

const task = yield generatorFunction();

// do something concurrently

yield* cancel(task);

Parameters

getTaskName​

public getTaskNametask: Generatorunknownanyunknown: string

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isPromisable​

public isPromisablevalue: any: value is Promisableany

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isPromise​

public isPromisevalue: any: value is Promiseany

Check if the given value is a [Promise][promise].

Parameters

isThreadGenerator​

public isThreadGeneratorvalue: unknown: value is ThreadGenerator

Check if the given value is a ThreadGenerator.

Parameters

join​

public join...tasks: ThreadGenerator[]: ThreadGenerator
public joinall: boolean...tasks: ThreadGenerator[]: ThreadGenerator

Pause the current generator until all listed tasks are finished.

Examples

Parameters

setTaskName​

public setTaskNametask: Generatorunknownanyunknownsource: stringGeneratorunknownanyunknown: void

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spawn​

public spawntask: ThreadGenerator() => ThreadGenerator: ThreadGenerator

Run the given task concurrently.

Examples

Parameters

threads​

public threadsfactory: ThreadsFactorycallback?: ThreadsCallback: ThreadGenerator

Create a context in which generators can be run concurrently.

From the perspective of the external generator, threads is executed synchronously. By default, each scene generator is wrapped in its own threads generator.

Examples

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