WorkerGlobalScope.close()
The close()
method of the WorkerGlobalScope
interface discards any tasks queued in the WorkerGlobalScope
's event loop, effectively closing this particular scope.
Syntax
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self.close();
Example
If you wanted to close your worker instance from inside the worker itself, you could call the following:
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close();
close()
and self.close()
are effectively equivalent — both represent close()
being called from inside the worker's inner scope.
Note: there is also a way to stop the worker from the main thread: the Worker.terminate
method.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'close()' in that specification. |
Living Standard | No change from Web Workers. |
Web Workers The definition of 'close()' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 4 | 3.5 (1.9.1) | (Yes) | 11.5 | 4 |
Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | ? | 40 | 1.0 (1.9.1) | 1.0.1 | (Yes) | (Yes) | 5.1 |
See also
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/workerglobalscope/close