JavaScriptCore/API/JSBase.h

// -*- mode: c++; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
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#ifndef JSBase_h
#define JSBase_h

#include <stdbool.h>

/* JavaScript engine interface */

/*! @typedef JSContextRef A JavaScript execution context. Holds the global object and other execution state. */
typedef const struct OpaqueJSContext* JSContextRef;

/*! @typedef JSGlobalContextRef A global JavaScript execution context. A JSGlobalContext is a JSContext. */
typedef struct OpaqueJSContext* JSGlobalContextRef;

/*! @typedef JSString A UTF16 character buffer. The fundamental string representation in JavaScript. */
typedef struct OpaqueJSString* JSStringRef;

/*! @typedef JSClassRef A JavaScript class. Used with JSObjectMake to construct objects with custom behavior. */
typedef struct OpaqueJSClass* JSClassRef;

/*! @typedef JSPropertyNameArrayRef An array of JavaScript property names. */
typedef struct OpaqueJSPropertyNameArray* JSPropertyNameArrayRef;

/*! @typedef JSPropertyNameAccumulatorRef An ordered set used to collect the names of a JavaScript object's properties. */
typedef struct OpaqueJSPropertyNameAccumulator* JSPropertyNameAccumulatorRef;


/* JavaScript data types */

/*! @typedef JSValueRef A JavaScript value. The base type for all JavaScript values, and polymorphic functions on them. */
typedef const struct OpaqueJSValue* JSValueRef;

/*! @typedef JSObjectRef A JavaScript object. A JSObject is a JSValue. */
typedef struct OpaqueJSValue* JSObjectRef;

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* Script Evaluation */

/*!
@function
@abstract Evaluates a string of JavaScript.
@param ctx The execution context to use.
@param script A JSString containing the script to evaluate.
@param thisObject The object to use as "this," or NULL to use the global object as "this."
@param sourceURL A JSString containing a URL for the script's source file. This is only used when reporting exceptions. Pass NULL if you do not care to include source file information in exceptions.
@param startingLineNumber An integer value specifying the script's starting line number in the file located at sourceURL. This is only used when reporting exceptions.
@param exception A pointer to a JSValueRef in which to store an exception, if any. Pass NULL if you do not care to store an exception.
@result The JSValue that results from evaluating script, or NULL if an exception is thrown.
*/
JSValueRef JSEvaluateScript(JSContextRef ctx, JSStringRef script, JSObjectRef thisObject, JSStringRef sourceURL, int startingLineNumber, JSValueRef* exception);

/*!
@function JSCheckScriptSyntax
@abstract Checks for syntax errors in a string of JavaScript.
@param ctx The execution context to use.
@param script A JSString containing the script to check for syntax errors.
@param sourceURL A JSString containing a URL for the script's source file. This is only used when reporting exceptions. Pass NULL if you do not care to include source file information in exceptions.
@param startingLineNumber An integer value specifying the script's starting line number in the file located at sourceURL. This is only used when reporting exceptions.
@param exception A pointer to a JSValueRef in which to store a syntax error exception, if any. Pass NULL if you do not care to store a syntax error exception.
@result true if the script is syntactically correct, otherwise false.
*/
bool JSCheckScriptSyntax(JSContextRef ctx, JSStringRef script, JSStringRef sourceURL, int startingLineNumber, JSValueRef* exception);

/*!
@function
@abstract Performs a JavaScript garbage collection. 
@param ctx  The execution context to use.
@discussion JavaScript values that are on the machine stack, in a register, 
 protected by JSValueProtect, set as the global object of an execution context, 
 or reachable from any such value will not be collected. 
 
 You are not required to call this function; the JavaScript engine will garbage 
 collect as needed.
*/
void JSGarbageCollect(JSContextRef ctx);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif // JSBase_h