user/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/impl/HistoryImplTimer.java

/*
 * Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */
package com.google.gwt.user.client.impl;

/**
 * Base class for history implementations that use a timer rather than the
 * onhashchange event.
 */
class HistoryImplTimer extends HistoryImpl {

  @Override
  public native boolean init() /*-{
    var token = '';

    // Get the initial token from the url's hash component.
    var hash = $wnd.location.hash;
    if (hash.length > 0) {
      token = this.@com.google.gwt.user.client.impl.HistoryImpl::decodeFragment(Ljava/lang/String;)(hash.substring(1));
    }

    @com.google.gwt.user.client.impl.HistoryImpl::setToken(Ljava/lang/String;)(token);

    // Create the timer that checks the browser's url hash every 1/4 s.
    var historyImpl = this;

    var checkHistory = $entry(function() {
      var token = '', hash = $wnd.location.hash;
      if (hash.length > 0) {
        token = historyImpl.@com.google.gwt.user.client.impl.HistoryImpl::decodeFragment(Ljava/lang/String;)(hash.substring(1));
      }

      historyImpl.@com.google.gwt.user.client.impl.HistoryImpl::newItemOnEvent(Ljava/lang/String;)(token);
    });

    var checkHistoryCycle = function() {
      @com.google.gwt.core.client.impl.Impl::setTimeout(Lcom/google/gwt/core/client/JavaScriptObject;I)(checkHistoryCycle, 250);
      checkHistory();
    }

    // Kick off the timer.
    checkHistoryCycle();
    return true;
  }-*/;
}