timing methods extracted to separate classes

js/timeouts.js

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+'use strict';
+
+var helper = helper || {};
+
+helper.timeout = (function () {
+
+    var privateScope = {},
+        publicScope = {};
+
+    privateScope.timeouts = [];
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param {string} name
+     * @param {function } code
+     * @param {number} timeout
+     * @returns {{name: *, timer: null, timeout: *}}
+     */
+    publicScope.add = function (name, code, timeout) {
+        var data = {'name': name, 'timer': null, 'timeout': timeout};
+
+        // start timer with "cleaning" callback
+        data.timer = setTimeout(function() {
+            code(); // execute code
+
+            // remove object from array
+            var index = privateScope.timeouts.indexOf(data);
+            if (index > -1) privateScope.timeouts.splice(index, 1);
+        }, timeout);
+
+        privateScope.timeouts.push(data); // push to primary timeout array
+
+        return data;
+    };
+
+    publicScope.remove = function (name) {
+        for (var i = 0; i < privateScope.timeouts.length; i++) {
+            if (privateScope.timeouts[i].name == name) {
+                clearTimeout(privateScope.timeouts[i].timer); // stop timer
+                privateScope.timeouts.splice(i, 1); // remove element/object from array
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @returns {number} number of killed timeouts
+     */
+    publicScope.killAll = function () {
+        var timers_killed = 0;
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < privateScope.timeouts.length; i++) {
+            clearTimeout(privateScope.timeouts[i].timer); // stop timer
+            timers_killed++;
+        }
+
+        privateScope.timeouts = []; // drop objects
+
+        return timers_killed;
+    };
+
+    return publicScope;
+})();