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JSContextRef.h

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Overview

Functions

JSContextGetGlobalObject: Gets the global object of a JavaScript execution context.
JSGlobalContextCreate: Creates a global JavaScript execution context.
JSGlobalContextRelease: Releases a global JavaScript execution context.
JSGlobalContextRetain: Retains a global JavaScript execution context.

JSContextGetGlobalObject

Gets the global object of a JavaScript execution context.

JSObjectRef JSContextGetGlobalObject(
    JSContextRef ctx);

Parameters

ctx: The JSContext whose global object you want to get.

Return Value

ctx's global object.

JSGlobalContextCreate

Creates a global JavaScript execution context.

JSGlobalContextRef JSGlobalContextCreate(
    JSClassRef globalObjectClass);

Parameters

globalObjectClass: The class to use when creating the global object. Pass NULL to use the default object class.

Return Value

A JSGlobalContext with a global object of class globalObjectClass.

Discussion

JSGlobalContextCreate allocates a global object and populates it with all the built-in JavaScript objects, such as Object, Function, String, and Array.

JSGlobalContextRelease

Releases a global JavaScript execution context.

void JSGlobalContextRelease(
    JSGlobalContextRef ctx);

Parameters

ctx: The JSGlobalContext to release.

JSGlobalContextRetain

Retains a global JavaScript execution context.

JSGlobalContextRef JSGlobalContextRetain(
    JSGlobalContextRef ctx);

Parameters

ctx: The JSGlobalContext to retain.

Return Value

A JSGlobalContext that is the same as ctx.

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Last Updated: 2008-03-11