timeout-service.md

timeout-service - use $timeout instead of setTimeout

Instead of the default setTimeout function, you should use the AngularJS wrapper service $timeout *

Rule based on Angular 1.x

Styleguide Reference

• y181 by johnpapa - Angular $ Wrapper Services - $timeout and $interval

Examples

The following patterns are considered problems;

/*eslint angular/timeout-service: 2*/

// invalid
setTimeout(function() {
    // ...
}, 1000) // error: You should use the $timeout service instead of the default window.setTimeout method

// invalid
window.setTimeout(function() {
    // ...
}, 1000) // error: You should use the $timeout service instead of the default window.setTimeout method

// invalid
$window.setTimeout(function() {
    // ...
}, 1000) // error: You should use the $timeout service instead of the default window.setTimeout method

The following patterns are not considered problems;

/*eslint angular/timeout-service: 2*/

// valid
$timeout(function() {
    // ...
}, 1000)

Version

This rule was introduced in eslint-plugin-angular 0.1.0

Links

• Rule source
• Example source