[webkit-dev] KJS::JSObject question

[Jack Wootton]

I have had a look at the JavaScriptCore Framework Reference
(http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/WebKit_JavaScriptCore_Ref/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/framework/javascriptcore_fw).
 My understanding now is that to add a custo object, the following
steps would need to be taken:

1. Create a name for the new object, for example:

JSStringRef myObjectName = JSStringCreateWithUTF8CString("foo");

2. Create the class definition structure;

JSClassDefinition myObjectDef;
myObjectDef.version = 1;
myObjectDef.myObjectName;

3. Create the class.

JSClassRef globalObjectClass = JSClassCreate(&myObjectDef);

4. Create the context:

JSGlobalContextRef context = JSGlobalContextCreate(globalObjectClass);

5. Make the object:

JSObjectRef JSObjectMake(context, globalObjectClass, NULL)


However I have the following questions.

1. Who should share the context?  Is a single context used for a
single webpage / frame?
2. Where do I define the class that will actually handle the
implementation of any methods on my new object?
3. The object has been made using "JSObjectMake", but how is it added to WebKit?

Many thanks,
Jack

2009/5/15 browserwk <browserwk at gmail.com>:
> Maybe you need check out the JavaScriptCore/API directory.
>
> Following file is need carefully.
>
> JavaScriptCore/API/tests/testapi.c
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Xiong
>
> -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] KJS::JSObject question
> From: Jack Wootton <jackwootton at gmail.com>
> To: Darin Adler <darin at apple.com>
> Cc: "webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org" <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org>
> Date: 2009年05月15日 星期五 17时40分40秒
>
>> OK.  It seems I was on completely the wrong track.  I was under the
>> impression WebKit didn't have public and non public APIs as such, at
>> least I haven't read anything to this effect.  Where can I read what
>> the published Vs non published APIs are?  Or which ones I should use
>> and which ones I shouldn't?
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> wrote:
>>> On May 14, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Jack Wootton wrote:
>>>
>>>> My question: 營 do not understand how JSObject can be used to allow for
>>>> the JavaScript syntax of : myNewJSObject.someObject.hello().
>>> My first comment is that you should not be using JSObject directly. The
>>> right way to do this is to use the C-based public API of JavaScriptCore,
>>> which includes types like JSObjectRef. The JSObject internal interface is
>>> constantly being changed and not suitable for use outside the WebKit
>>> project.
>>>
>>> In JavaScript, if you want:
>>>
>>>   燼.b.c()
>>>
>>> to work, then the object "a" need a property "b" with a property "c" that is
>>> callable as a function. At each level, the object can just be a general
>>> purpose object with a property attached, which can be set up with functions
>>> like JSObjectSetProperty, or the property can come from the object抯
>>> prototype, or the property can be 揵uilt in� to the object, which can by
>>> done with JSClassCreate supplying a JSObjectGetPropertyCallback function.
>>>
>>> When it comes to the value of the property named "c", to make something
>>> callable as a function, you can either use an actual compiled JavaScript
>>> function, one of the built in JavaScript functions such as
>>> String.prototype.toLowerCase or you can make an object that acts like a
>>> function using JSClassCreate supplying a JSObjectCallAsFunctionCallback
>>> function.
>>>
>>>    -- Darin
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>



-- 
Regards
Jack