evening_detective_frontend/src/composables/useSimplePolling.ts

import { onMounted, onUnmounted,ref } from 'vue';

export function useSimplePolling(callback: () => void, interval = 5000) {
    const isActive = ref(true);
    let timerId: number | null = null;

    const start = () => {
        isActive.value = true;
        callback();
        timerId = window.setInterval(callback, interval);
    };

    const stop = () => {
        isActive.value = false;
        if (timerId) {
            clearInterval(timerId);
            timerId = null;
        }
    };

    onMounted(start);
    onUnmounted(stop);

    return { isActive, start, stop };
}