[webkit-help] how to free a function callback

[Stephan Assmus]

Hi,

scostas wrote:
> I've created a new method which receives a function as a parameter, and 
> stores it in a pointer in C using JSValueToObject(). Then, in my C code, 
> when I want to inform JavaScript about an event, I call that function 
> using JSObjectCallAsFunction().
> 
> My question is: do I have to do something to ensure that the object 
> never becames invalid because the garbage collector frees it? Let's say 
> that, instead of a function, it's an object's method, instead. In a 
> system with reference counters I just should increment it, but with a 
> garbage collector I have to add a "pointer" inside JavaScript VM, if it 
> has not been done already...
> 
> The other question is: what do I have to do, when a page is reloaded, to 
> safely dispose this object and ensure that the JavaScript VM frees it? 
> Again, with reference counters, I just should decrement it, but with the 
> garbage collector I'm not sure how to ensure that any possible reference 
> has been erased.

Hm, I know that it's possible to invoke instance methods on an object via a function pointer and the instance pointer. However, if you store function pointers without knowing an instance, then those can be to static methods only, or am I missing something? If you don't have an object, there is nothing to reference.

Best regards,
-Stephan