NAME

JavaScript - Perl extension for executing embedded JavaScript

SYNOPSIS

  use JavaScript;

  my $rt = JavaScript::Runtime->new();
  my $cx = $rt->create_context();

  $cx->bind_function(write => sub { print @_; });

  $cx->eval(q/
    for (i = 99; i > 0; i--) {
        write(i + " bottle(s) of beer on the wall, " + i + " bottle(s) of beer\n");
        write("Take 1 down, pass it around, ");
        if (i > 1) {
            write((i - 1) + " bottle(s) of beer on the wall.");
        }
        else {
            write("No more bottles of beer on the wall!");
        }
    }
  /);

DESCRIPTION

Always thought JavaScript was for web-applications only? well, think again...

This modules gives you the power of embedded JavaScript in your Perl applications. You can write your subroutines, classes and so forth in Perl and make them callable from JavaScript. Variables such as primitive types, objects and functions are automagically converted between the different environments. If you return a JavaScript function you can call it as a normal code-reference from Perl.

JavaScript is a great as an embedded language because it has no I/O, no IPC and pretty much anything else that can interfer with the system. It's also an easy yet powerfull language that zillions of developers worldwide knows.

Note that this module is not a JavaScript compiler/interpreter written in Perl but an interface to the SpiderMonkey engine used in the Mozilla-family of browsers.

INTERFACE

CLASS METHODS

create_runtime ( ... ): Shortcut for JavaScript::Runtime-new(...)>.
get_engine_version: In scalar context it returns a string describing the engine such as JavaScript-C 1.5 2004-09-24.; In list context it returns the separate parts of the string - engine, version and date of build.
does_support_utf8
does_handle_utf8: Returns a true value if SpiderMonkey is compiled with support for UTF8 strings and if we're using it. does_handle_utf8 is also supported for backwards compability.
does_support_e4x: Returns a true value if we have compiled support for E4X.
does_support_threading: Returns a true value if we have compiled support for threading.
supports ( @features ): Checks if all features given in @features are present. Is case insensitive. Supported keys are e4x, utf8 and threading. Extensions to this module may provide additional keys by implementing a method that begins with does_support_.

SUPPORT

There is a mailing-list available at http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi.

You may subscribe to the list by sending an empty e-mail to perl-javascript-subscribe@perl.org

CREDITS

See CREDITS

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-javascript@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Claes Jakobsson <claesjac@cpan.org>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See the perlartistic manpage.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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JavaScript - Perl extension for executing embedded JavaScript