/**
* Provides a throttle/limiter for function calls
* @module yui
* @submodule yui-throttle
*/
/*! Based on work by Simon Willison: http://gist.github.com/292562 */
/**
* Throttles a call to a method based on the time between calls.
* @method throttle
* @for YUI
* @param fn {function} The function call to throttle.
* @param ms {int} The number of milliseconds to throttle the method call.
* Can set globally with Y.config.throttleTime or by call. Passing a -1 will
* disable the throttle. Defaults to 150.
* @return {function} Returns a wrapped function that calls fn throttled.
* @since 3.1.0
*/
Y.throttle = function(fn, ms) {
ms = (ms) ? ms : (Y.config.throttleTime || 150);
if (ms === -1) {
return (function() {
fn.apply(null, arguments);
});
}
var last = Y.Lang.now();
return (function() {
var now = Y.Lang.now();
if (now - last > ms) {
last = now;
fn.apply(null, arguments);
}
});
};