signalk-worker-angular: WebWorker library for `signalk-client-angular`

Note: This library was generated with Angular CLI version 12.0.0.

This library provides a wrapper for the stream class within signalk-client-angular library to facilitate communication with a Signal K server STREAM API via a WebWorker within an Angular application.

SignalKStreamWorker class exposes all attributes and methodsof the stream class for interacting with Signal K STREAM API

Please refer to the signalk-client-angular documentation on GitHub.

Installation

signalk-worker-angular has a dependency on signalk-client-angular version 1.8.0 or greater so ensure both libraries are installed.

npm install signalk-client-angular signalk-worker-angular

Usage

To create the worker in your project:

ng g webWorker skstream

this will create the file skstream.worker.ts in your project.

skstream.worker.ts

Include SignalKStreamWorker in your worker and instantate an instance. ``` import { SignalKStreamWorker } from 'signalk-worker-angular';

let skstream= new SignalKStreamWorker();


- You can use the instantitated `SignalKStreamWorker` instance to access all `stream` class methods and attributes.


**app.component.ts**

- Create a WebWorker and handle messages from it.

this.worker = new Worker('./skstream.worker', { type: 'module' });

this.worker.onmessage = ({ data }) => { console.log('From Web Worker:', data ); };


- Send messages to the worker using `postMessage()`

this.worker.postMessage({ ... }); ```

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