michael@0: var timer = null;
michael@0: 
michael@0: function handleRequest(request, response)
michael@0: {
michael@0:   response.processAsync();
michael@0:   timer = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/timer;1"]
michael@0:                     .createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsITimer);
michael@0:   timer.initWithCallback(function()
michael@0:   {
michael@0:     response.setStatusLine(null, 200, "OK");
michael@0:     response.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain", false);
michael@0:     response.write("hello");
michael@0:     response.finish();
michael@0:   }, 3000 /* milliseconds */, Components.interfaces.nsITimer.TYPE_ONE_SHOT);
michael@0: }