Timed Queue

Get objects only after timeout, sorted by timeout (longest expiration first).

Install

npm install @aetherwave/timed-queue

Usage

let queue = new TimedQueue();
queue.enqueue(999, 'Hello World');

console.log(queue.dequeue()); // -> null

setTimeout(function () {
  console.log(queue.dequeue()); // -> Hello World
}, 1000);

TimedQueue#enqueue(timeout, obj)

Enqueues object with timeout

TimedQueue#dequeue()

• If there is one or more item with timeout lower than the current timestamp, this object gets dequeued
• Else null is going to be returned

TimedQueue#length

Returns length of the queue

Test

Run tests

$ npm test