Module: Async

Defined in:
lib/async.rb

Overview

a module for executing code asynchronously in another thread. This is disabled

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#async ⇒ Thread

Execute the given block in another thread, but only in production. During development, the block executes on the current thread

Returns:

  • (Thread) 


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# File 'lib/async.rb', line 10

def async
  raise "A block must be provided" unless block_given?
  if Async.enabled
    Thread.new do
      # ensure that this thread uses a new connection to the database and returns it to the pool when done.
        ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection do
        yield
      end
    end
  else
    yield
    Thread.current
  end
end