michael@0: // this will take strings_to_send.length*500 ms = 5 sec
michael@0: 
michael@0: var timer = null;
michael@0: var strings_to_send = ["retry:999999999\ndata\r\n\nda", "ta", ":", "de", "layed1\n\n",
michael@0:                        "",
michael@0:                        "",
michael@0:                        "data:delayed2\n\n", "", ""];
michael@0: var resp = null;
michael@0: 
michael@0: function sendNextString()
michael@0: {
michael@0:   if (strings_to_send.length == 0) {
michael@0:     timer.cancel();
michael@0:     resp.finish();
michael@0:     timer = null;
michael@0:     resp = null;
michael@0:     return;
michael@0:   }
michael@0: 
michael@0:   resp.write(strings_to_send[0]);
michael@0:   strings_to_send = strings_to_send.splice(1, strings_to_send.length - 1);
michael@0: }
michael@0: 
michael@0: function handleRequest(request, response)
michael@0: {
michael@0:   var b = 0;
michael@0:   for (var i=0; i < strings_to_send.length; ++i) {
michael@0:     b += strings_to_send[i].length;
michael@0:   }
michael@0:   
michael@0:   response.seizePower();
michael@0:   response.write("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n")
michael@0:   response.write("Content-Length: " + b + "\r\n");
michael@0:   response.write("Content-Type: text/event-stream; charset=utf-8\r\n");
michael@0:   response.write("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate\r\n");
michael@0:   response.write("\r\n");
michael@0:   
michael@0:   resp = response;
michael@0: 
michael@0:   timer = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/timer;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsITimer);
michael@0:   timer.initWithCallback(sendNextString, 500, Components.interfaces.nsITimer.TYPE_REPEATING_SLACK);
michael@0: }