HTML5 Web Workers能够使得你的Web应用程序具有后台处理能力,可以支持多线程,且能够充分利用多核CPU带来的优点。以免JavaScript循环持续运行后弹出的警告窗口。css
尽管Web Workers功能强大,可是也存在一些缺点,好比不能直接访问Web页面和DOM API、消耗CPU周期且致使系统反应速度变慢。html
若是须要Web应用执行一些后台数据处理,但又不影响Web页面自己的交互时,就能够使用Web Workers,同时须要添加一个监听器以监听它发出的消息。git
1、HTML5 Web Workers API概述canvas
一、浏览器支持检查浏览器
typeof(Worker) !== "undefined"
二、建立HTML5 Web Workers
多线程
Web Workers初始化时会接受一个JavaScript文件的URL地址(URL能够是绝对或者相对路径,但必须同源),其中包含了供Worker执行的代码。这段代码会设置事件监听器,并与生成Worker的容器进行通讯。并发
worker = new Worker("echoWorker.js");
三、多个JavaScript文件的加载与执行
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因为Web Workers没有访问document对象的权限,所以不能使用常规导入JavaScript的方式,须要另外一种方法来导入JavaScript,即importScripts:函数
importScripts("helper.js","example.js","blur.js");
多个脚本的导入会按照导入顺序执行。
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四、与HTML5 Web Workers通讯
Web Workers一旦生成,就能够使用postMessage API传送和接收数据。
为了能与Web Workers成功通讯,除了在主页(调用Web Workers的页面)中添加代码外,Worker JavaScript文件中也要添加相应代码。
2、Web Workers示例应用
一、创建主页与Web Workers之间的通讯
首先要添加对postMessage函数的调用,以下所示:
worker.postMessage("发送示例消息");
相应消息发送给Web Workers后,还须要添加监听器,用以监听Web Workers发来的消息
worker.addEventListener("message",messageHandler,true); function messageHandler(e){ //处理worker发来的消息 }
在Web Workers JavaScript文件中,也须要添加上述相似的代码:必须添加事件监听器来监听发来的消息和错误消息,而且经过用postMessage函数实现与页面之间的通讯。
二、处理错误
监听到错误事件发生后,要将出错信息反馈给用户:
function errorHandler(e){ console.log(e.message,e); }
三、终止Web Workers
worker.terminate();
终止以后的Web Workers不能被从新启动,但能够使用一样的URL建立一个新的Worker。
四、示例代码整合
本示例实现 一个带有图像模糊过滤器的Web页面,其中过滤动做将由多个Web Worker并发执行。
(1)编写blur.js辅助脚本
function inRange(i, width, height) { return ((i>=0) && (i < width*height*4)); } function averageNeighbors(imageData, width, height, i) { var v = imageData[i]; // cardinal directions var north = inRange(i-width*4, width, height) ? imageData[i-width*4] : v; var south = inRange(i+width*4, width, height) ? imageData[i+width*4] : v; var west = inRange(i-4, width, height) ? imageData[i-4] : v; var east = inRange(i+4, width, height) ? imageData[i+4] : v; // diagonal neighbors var ne = inRange(i-width*4+4, width, height) ? imageData[i-width*4+4] : v; var nw = inRange(i-width*4-4, width, height) ? imageData[i-width*4-4] : v; var se = inRange(i+width*4+4, width, height) ? imageData[i+width*4+4] : v; var sw = inRange(i+width*4-4, width, height) ? imageData[i+width*4-4] : v; // average var newVal = Math.floor((north + south + east + west + se + sw + ne + nw + v)/9); if (isNaN(newVal)) { sendStatus("bad value " + i + " for height " + height); throw new Error("NaN"); } return newVal; } function boxBlur(imageData, width, height) { var data = []; var val = 0; for (var i=0; i<width*height*4; i++) { val = averageNeighbors(imageData, width, height, i); data[i] = val; } return data; }
(2)编写blur.html页面
<!DOCTYPE html> <title>HTML5 Web Workers</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" href = "styles.css"> <h1>HTML5 Web Workers</h1> <p id="status">你的浏览器不支持HTML5 Web Workers.</p> <button id="startBlurButton" disabled>模糊</button> <button id="stopButton" disabled>中止Workers</button> <button onclick="document.location = document.location;">从新加载</button> <label for="workerCount">Workers数量</label> <select id="workerCount"> <option>1</option> <option selected>2</option> <option>4</option> <option>8</option> <option>16</option> </select> <div id="imageContainer"></div> <div id="logOutput"></div>
(3)编写blurWorker.js
importScripts("blur.js"); function sendStatus(statusText){ postMessage({"type" : "status", "statusText" : statusText}); } function messageHandler(e){ var messageType = e.data.type; switch(messageType){ case ("blur"): sendStatus("Worker开始模糊的数据范围: " + e.data.startX + "-" + (e.data.startX+e.data.width)); var imageData = e.data.imageData; imageData = boxBlur(imageData, e.data.width, e.data.height, e.data.startX); postMessage({"type" : "处理", "imageData" : imageData, "width" : e.data.width, "height" : e.data.height, "startX" : e.data.startX }); sendStatus("在数据范围: " + e.data.startX + "-" + (e.data.width+e.data.startX) + "完成数据模糊"); break; default: sendStatus("Worker得到消息:" + e.data); } } addEventListener("message", messageHandler, true);
(4)与Web Workers进行通讯
function sendBlurTask(worker, i, chunkWidth) { var chunkHeight = image.height; var chunkStartX = i * chunkWidth; var chunkStartY = 0; var data = ctx.getImageData(chunkStartX, chunkStartY, chunkWidth, chunkHeight).data; worker.postMessage({'type' : 'blur', 'imageData' : data, 'width' : chunkWidth, 'height' : chunkHeight, 'startX' : chunkStartX}); }
(5)示例代码
<!DOCTYPE html> <title>HTML5 Web Workers</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" href = "styles.css"> <h1>HTML5 Web Workers</h1> <p id="status">你的浏览器不支持HTML5 Web Workers.</p> <button id="startBlurButton" disabled>模糊</button> <button id="stopButton" disabled>中止Workers</button> <button onclick="document.location = document.location;">从新加载</button> <label for="workerCount">Workers数量</label> <select id="workerCount"> <option>1</option> <option selected>2</option> <option>4</option> <option>8</option> <option>16</option> </select> <div id="imageContainer"></div> <div id="logOutput"></div> <script> var imageURL = "example2.png"; var image; var ctx; var workers = []; window.addEventListener("load", loadDemo, true); function loadDemo(){ log("加载图像数据"); if(typeof(Worker) !== "undefined"){ document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = "你的浏览器支持HTML5 Web Workers"; document.getElementById("stopButton").onclick = stopBlur; document.getElementById("startBlurButton").onclick = startBlur; loadImageData(imageURL); document.getElementById("startBlurButton").disabled = true; document.getElementById("stopButton").disabled = true; } } function log(s){ var logOutput = document.getElementById("logOutput"); logOutput.innerHTML = s + "<br>" + logOutput.innerHTML; } function loadImageData(url){ var canvas = document.createElement('canvas'); ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'); image = new Image(); image.src = url; document.getElementById("imageContainer").appendChild(canvas); image.onload = function(){ canvas.width = image.width; canvas.height = image.height; ctx.drawImage(image, 0, 0); window.imgdata = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, image.width, image.height); n = ctx.createImageData(image.width, image.height); setRunningState(false); log("图像加载:" + image.width + "x" + image.height + "pixels"); } } function setRunningState(p){ document.getElementById("startBlurButton").disabled = p; document.getElementById("stopButton").disabled = !p; } function stopBlur(){ for(var i=0; i<workers.length; i++){ workers[i].terminate(); } setRunningState(false); } function startBlur(){ var workerCount = parseInt(document.getElementById("workerCount").value); var width = image.width/workerCount; for(var i=0; i<workerCount; i++){ var worker = initWorker("blurWorker.js"); worker.index = i; worker.width = width; workers[i] = worker; sendBlurTask(worker, i, width); } setRunningState(true); } function initWorker(src){ var worker = new Worker(src); worker.addEventListener("message",messageHandler, true); worker.addEventListener("error",errorHandler, true); return worker; } function messageHandler(e) { var messageType = e.data.type; switch (messageType) { case ("status"): log(e.data.statusText); break; case ("progress"): var imageData = ctx.createImageData(e.data.width, e.data.height); for (var i = 0; i<imageData.data.length; i++) { var val = e.data.imageData[i]; if (val === null || val > 255 || val < 0) { log("illegal value: " + val + " at " + i); return; } imageData.data[i] = val; } ctx.putImageData(imageData, e.data.startX, 0); // blur the same tile again sendBlurTask(e.target, e.target.index, e.target.width); break; default: break; } } function errorHandler(e) { log("error: " + e.message); } function sendBlurTask(worker, i, chunkWidth) { var chunkHeight = image.height; var chunkStartX = i * chunkWidth; var chunkStartY = 0; var data = ctx.getImageData(chunkStartX, chunkStartY, chunkWidth, chunkHeight).data; worker.postMessage({'type' : 'blur', 'imageData' : data, 'width' : chunkWidth, 'height' : chunkHeight, 'startX' : chunkStartX}); } </script>
源码请到http://git.oschina.net/niweiwei/HTML5/tree/master/workers查看