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Immediate.prototype.ref - node__timers.d.ts - Node documentation
method Immediate.prototype.ref

Usage in Deno

```typescript import { Immediate } from "node:node__timers.d.ts"; ```
Immediate.prototype.ref(): this
When called, requests that the Node.js event loop _not_ exit so long as the `Immediate` is active. Calling `immediate.ref()` multiple times will have no effect. By default, all `Immediate` objects are "ref'ed", making it normally unnecessary to call `immediate.ref()` unless `immediate.unref()` had been called previously.

Return Type

this
a reference to `immediate`