Dynamically “unload” a Processing JS sketch from canvas

Question

I\'m using some javascript to allow users to dynamically load a sketch on click to a canvas element using:

Processing.loadSketchFromSources(\'canvas_i

Answer 1

In case someone else comes looking for the solution, here's what I did that worked. Note that this was placed inside a closure (not included here for brevity) -- hence the this.launch = function(), blah blah blah... YMMV.

/**
 * Launches a specific sketch. Assumes files are stored in
 * the ./sketches subdirectory, and your canvas is named g_sketch_canvas
 * @param {String} item The name of the file (no extension)
 * @param {Array} sketchlist Array of sketches to choose from
 * @returns true
 * @type Boolean
 */
this.launch = function (item, sketchlist) {
    var cvs = document.getElementById('g_sketch_canvas'),
        ctx = cvs.getContext('2d');
    if ($.inArray(item, sketchlist) !== -1) {
        // Unload the Processing script
        if (Processing.instances.length > 0) {
            // There should only be one, so no need to loop
            Processing.instances[0].exit();
            // If you may have more than one, then use this loop:
             for (i=0; i < Processing.instances.length; (i++)) {
            //  Processing.instances[i].exit();
            //}
        }
        // Clear the context
        ctx.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
        ctx.clearRect(0, 0, cvs.width, cvs.height);
        // Now, load the new Processing script
        Processing.loadSketchFromSources(cvs, ['sketches/' + item + '.pde']);
    }
    return true;
};