DelayedTaskManager

Class summary

The DelayedTaskManager class provides a way to schedule tasks to be executed at a later time. It does this by creating a timer node that will fire after a specified delay. When the timer fires, it creates a task node of a specified type and sets the fields provided on the task node. The task node is then added to the scene graph and executed. The DelayedTaskManager class also provides a method to cancel any tasks that have not yet been executed.

The activeTimers and delayedTasks private fields are used to store references to the timer and task nodes that have been created. This allows the DelayedTaskManager to cancel tasks if necessary.

The scheduleDelayedTask method is used to schedule a new task. It takes in the node type, ID, delay, fields, and result field for the task as arguments. If there is already an active timer or task with the same ID, it will be cancelled before the new task is scheduled.

The cancelDelayedTaskWithId method allows you to cancel a task with a given ID. It does this by cancelling any active timer and task nodes with the given ID.

Methods

cancelDelayedTaskWithId

This method cancels a delayed task with the given ID.

Arguments

Argument Name	Type	Default Value	Description
id	string	N/A	The ID of the task to be cancelled.

Returns

None.

scheduleDelayedTask

This method schedules a delayed task with the given ID, node type, delay, and fields.

Arguments

Argument Name	Type	Default Value	Description
nodeType	string	N/A	The type of the node to be created for the task.
id	string	N/A	The ID of the task.
delay	float	N/A	The delay in seconds before the task is executed.
fields	mc.types.assocarray	N/A	The fields to be set on the task node.
resultField	string	"output"	The name of the field in which the task's output will be stored.

Returns

None.