I've been using the Q module to implement promises on a project I'm working on. I'm using the static method Q.fncall() to create a promise out of a node.js style function (based on callbacks returning err,result).
The problem is that I need to stop the execution of said function after a certain amount of time, so I used the function "timeout" of the Q module. So, after x amount of time, the "error" callback on the done function executes and let's me handle the timeout but the function itself keeps getting executed until it reaches its final callback even if the handler is not listening anymore.
The question is: Is there any way to stop the execution of a function after the timeout is executed? I know I can just set a variable on the timeout handler and keep checking in the function if the timeout is over, but I'm hoping for a cleaner way of achieving this.
The code is as follows:
Q.nfcall(test1, id)
.timeout(1000)
.done(
function (value) {
console.log("SUCCESS: " + value);
},
function (reason) {
console.log("ERROR " + reason);
},
function (progress) {
console.log("PROGRESS " + progress);
}
);
And the test1 function:
function test1(id,callback){
db_rw_pool.query("SELECT * FROM table WHERE id=?",[id], function(err,result) {
if(err){
callback(err,null);
}
else {
setTimeout(function(){
console.log("I DON'T WANT YOU TO BRE PRINTED")
callback(null,result);
},2000);
}
return;
});
}
In my ideal situation, the code inside setTimeout(...,2000) should never be executed. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance.