/** * Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain. * http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ */ onmessage = function(event) { throw new Error("No messages should reach me!"); }; var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.open("GET", "worker_testXHR.txt", false); xhr.addEventListener("loadstart", function() { // Tell the parent to terminate us. postMessage("TERMINATE"); // And wait for it to do so. while (1) { true; } }); xhr.send(null);