| taskCallback {base} | R Documentation |
addTaskCallback registers an R function
that is to be called each time a top-level task
is completed.
removeTaskCallback un-registers a function
that was registered earlier via addTaskCallback.
These provide low-level access to the internal/native
mechanism for managing task-completion actions.
One can use taskCallbackManager
at the S-language level to manage S functions
that are called at the completion of each task.
This is easier and more direct.
addTaskCallback(f, data = NULL, name = character()) removeTaskCallback(id)
f |
the function that is to be invoked each time a top-level task
is successfully completed. This is called with 5 or 4 arguments
depending on whether |
data |
if specified, this is the 5-th argument in the call to the
callback function |
id |
a string or an integer identifying the element in the
internal callback list to be removed.
Integer indices are 1-based, i.e the first element is 1.
The names of currently registered handlers is available
using |
name |
character: names to be used. |
Top-level tasks are individual expressions
rather than entire lines of input. Thus an input
line of the form expression1 ; expression2
will give rise to 2 top-level tasks.
A top-level task callback is called with the expression for the
top-level task, the result of the top-level task, a logical value
indicating whether it was successfully completed or not (always TRUE
at present), and a logical value indicating whether the result was
printed or not. If the data argument was specified in the call
to addTaskCallback, that value is given as the fifth argument.
The callback function should return a logical value. If the value is FALSE, the callback is removed from the task list and will not be called again by this mechanism. If the function returns TRUE, it is kept in the list and will be called on the completion of the next top-level task.
addTaskCallback returns
an integer value giving the position in the list
of task callbacks that this new callback occupies.
This is only the current position of the callback.
It can be used to remove the entry as long as
no other values are removed from earlier positions
in the list first.
removeTaskCallback returns a logical value
indicating whether the specified element was removed.
This can fail (i.e., return FALSE)
if an incorrect name or index is given that does not
correspond to the name or position of an element in the list.
There is also C-level access to top-level task callbacks to allow C routines rather than R functions be used.
getTaskCallbackNames
taskCallbackManager
http://developer.r-project.org/TaskHandlers.pdf
times <- function(total = 3, str="Task a") {
ctr <- 0
function(expr, value, ok, visible) {
ctr <<- ctr + 1
cat(str, ctr, "\n")
if(ctr == total) {
cat("handler removing itself\n")
}
return(ctr < total)
}
}
# add the callback that will work for
# 4 top-level tasks and then remove itself.
n <- addTaskCallback(times(4))
# now remove it, assuming it is still first in the list.
removeTaskCallback(n)
## Not run:
# There is no point in running this
# as
addTaskCallback(times(4))
sum(1:10)
sum(1:10)
sum(1:10)
sum(1:10)
sum(1:10)
## End(Not run)