MessagePort.close()
The close()
method of the MessagePort
interface disconnects the port, so it is no longer active. This stops the flow of
messages to that port.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers
Syntax
port.close()
Returns
Parameters
None.
Example
In the following code block, you can see a handleMessage
handler function,
run when a message is sent back to this document using
EventTarget.addEventListener
.
channel.port1.addEventListener('message', handleMessage, false);
function handleMessage(e) {
para.innerHTML = e.data;
textInput.value = '';
}
channel.port1.start();
You could stop messages being sent at any time using
channel.port1.close();
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # dom-messageport-close-dev |
Browser compatibility
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