QML WorkerScript Element

Detailed Description

Use WorkerScript to run operations in a new thread. This is useful for running operations in the background so that the main GUI thread is not blocked.

Messages can be passed between the new thread and the parent thread using sendMessage() and the onMessage() handler.

An example:

 import QtQuick 1.0

 Rectangle {
     width: 300; height: 300

     Text {
         id: myText
         text: 'Click anywhere'
     }

     WorkerScript {
         id: myWorker
         source: "script.js"

         onMessage: myText.text = messageObject.reply
     }

     MouseArea {
         anchors.fill: parent
         onClicked: myWorker.sendMessage({ 'x': mouse.x, 'y': mouse.y })
     }
 }

The above worker script specifies a JavaScript file, "script.js", that handles the operations to be performed in the new thread. Here is script.js:

 WorkerScript.onMessage = function(message) {
     // ... long-running operations and calculations are done here
     WorkerScript.sendMessage({ 'reply': 'Mouse is at ' + message.x + ',' + message.y })
 }

When the user clicks anywhere within the rectangle, sendMessage() is called, triggering the WorkerScript.onMessage() handler in script.js. This in turn sends a reply message that is then received by the onMessage() handler of myWorker.