michael@0: var timer = null; // declare timer outside to prevent premature GC
michael@0: function handleRequest(request, response)
michael@0: {
michael@0:   response.processAsync();
michael@0:   response.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain", false);
michael@0: 
michael@0:   for (var i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
michael@0:     response.write("Hello... ");
michael@0: 
michael@0:   timer = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/timer;1"]
michael@0:     .createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsITimer);
michael@0:   timer.initWithCallback(function() {
michael@0:       response.write("world.\n");
michael@0:       response.finish();
michael@0:     }, 10 * 1000 /* 10 secs */, Components.interfaces.nsITimer.TYPE_ONE_SHOT);
michael@0: }