ajax callback time-out

[paulernest]

Hi

I was wondering if there is a standard way to set a time out for ajax callbacks. The problem seems such an obvious one I know that it will have been solved several times.

I'm using the google maps and google local api's and I want to wrap my ajax calls such that if the servers don't respond within a certain amount of time, then my code can recover and go on with out the information.

I have been thinking about writing a class whose objects would wrap any ajax request in such a way as to behave nicely, but surely this has already been done.

I have tried searching for this information (admittedly not as hard as I should have), but the material seems quite fragmented. If someone could just point me in the right direction with a link then that would be very much appreciated.

[Thirusha]

Have u tried using the setTimeout() function?

[paulernest]

The setTimeout() is part of the solution but not the whole story.

If the ajax server responds before the timeout then the timeout callback will still fire and we have to deal with this. If the ajax server responds but after the timeout then this will generate a call back which has to be dealt with.

setTimeout() is not enough on its own. I'm sure that there must exist some sort of wrapper class which deals with the possibility of receiving two callbacks (one from the timeout and the other from the ajax server), forwards which ever came first and suppresses the second one.

Thanks anyway