wait

wait(T, Number): T

Stops the execution for the specified timeout (in milliseconds).

Stopping the execution will block the thread used, potentially causing slowness, low performance and potentially freezes of the entire runtime. This operation is intented for limited functional testing purposes and should not be used in production application, performance testing or with multiple applications deployed.

Parameters

Name Description

Name	Description
`value`	Input of any type.
`timeout`	The number of milliseconds to wait.

value

Input of any type.

timeout

The number of milliseconds to wait.

Example

This example waits 2000 milliseconds (2 seconds) to execute.

Source

%dw 2.0
import * from dw::Runtime
output application/json
---
{ "user" : 1 } wait 2000

Output

{ "user": 1 }