runTask helper

Author: sevenbitbyte

examples/tasks/status-display.js

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ class StatusDisplayTask extends ITask {
 
   constructor(options){
     super({
-      name: StatusDisplayTask.Name,
-      background: true,
+      name: StatusDisplayTask.name,
+      background: StatusDisplayTask.Config.background,
       ...options
     })
 
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ class StatusDisplayTask extends ITask {
     this.duration = 5000
     this.timeout = null
   }
+
+  static get Config(){
+    return {
+      background: true,
+      autostart: true
+    }
+  }
 
   async exec(){
 

src/service/itask.js

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ const tasker = require('@dataparty/tasker')
 
 module.exports = class ITask extends tasker.Task {
 
+  constructor(options){
+    super(options)
+  }
+
   static get Name(){
     throw new Error('not implemented')
   }
@@ -12,10 +16,23 @@ module.exports = class ITask extends tasker.Task {
     throw new Error('not implemented')
   }
 
+  static get Config(){
+    throw new Error('not implemented')
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * return {
+     *  background: true
+     *  autostart: true
+     * }
+     */
+  }
+
   static get info(){
     return {
       Name: this.Name,
-      Description: this.Description
+      Description: this.Description,
+      Config: this.Config
     }
   }
 }

src/service/service-runner-node.js

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const EndpointContext = require('./endpoint-context')
 const DeltaTime = require('../utils/delta-time')
 
 const Router = require('origin-router').Router
-
 const Runner = require('@dataparty/tasker').Runner
 
 class ServiceRunnerNode {
@@ -97,11 +96,21 @@ class ServiceRunnerNode {
 
     this.tasks[name] = task
 
-    this.taskRunner.addTask(task)
+    if(TaskClass.Config.autostart){
+      this.taskRunner.addTask(task)
+    }
+
+
     dt.end()
     debug('loaded task',name,'in',dt.deltaMs,'ms')
   }
 
+  runTask(name){
+    const task = this.tasks[name]
+
+    this.taskRunner.addTask(task)
+  }
+
   async loadEndpoint(name){
     if(this.endpoint[name]){
       return