JavaScript::V8::XS - Perl XS binding for the V8 Javascript embeddable engine
Version 0.000014
my $vm = JavaScript::V8::XS->new(); my $options = { gather_stats => 1, save_messages => 1, }; my $vm = JavaScript::V8::XS->new($options); $vm->set('global_name', [1, 2, 3]); my $aref = $vm->get('global_name'); $vm->remove('global_name'); $vm->set('my.object.slot', { foo => [ 4, 5 ] }); my $href = $vm->get('my.object.slot'); if ($vm->exists('my.object.slot')) { ... } my $typeof = $vm->typeof('my.object.slot'); my $ok = $vm->instanceof('my.car.object', 'Car'); # When function_name is called from JS, the arguments passed in # will be converted to Perl values; likewise, the value returned # from the Perl function will be converted to JS values. $vm->set('function_name', sub { my @args = @_; return \@args; }); my $returned = $vm->eval('function_name(my.object.slot)'); $vm->dispatch_function_in_event_loop('function_name'); my $stats_href = $vm->get_stats(); $vm->reset_stats(); my $msgs_href = $vm->get_msgs(); $vm->reset_msgs(); my $globals = $vm->global_objects(); my $context = $vm->parse_js_stacktrace($stacktrace_lines, 2); my $rounds = $vm->run_gc(); my $info = $vm->get_version_info();
This module provides an XS wrapper to call V8 from Perl.
The wrapper is used in an OO way: you create an instance of JavaScript::V8::XS and then invoke functions on it.
JavaScript::V8::XS
This module requires that recent versions of the V8 and ICU libraries have already been installed in your system.
At the time of writing, versions used were V8 6.7 and ICU 61.
The module does not attempt to download / install these required external dependencies:
header files
shared libraries
V8 blobs, usually generated at compilation time (natives_blob.bin and snapshot_blob.bin)
natives_blob.bin
snapshot_blob.bin
ICU data files (icudtl.dat)
icudtl.dat
Create a new instance of JavaScript::V8::XS. You can give an optional hashref with a set of desired options; they can be:
The XS object will gather statistics about elapsed time and memory usage for several of its operations. You can then retrieve the stats by calling get_stats.
get_stats
Any message printed to the JavaScript console will instead be saved in a hashref, where each key represents a "target" for the message (for example, stdout or stderr). You can then retrieve the messages by calling get_msgs.
stdout
stderr
get_msgs
Give a value to a given JavaScript variable or object slot.
The Perl value is converted into an equivalent JavaScript value, so you can freely pass nested structures (hashes of arrays of hashes) and they will be handled correctly.
You can also pass a Perl coderef as a value, in which case the named JavaScript variable / object slot becomes a function which, when executed, will end up calling the Perl coderef. Any values passed from JavaScript into the Perl coderef will be properly converted into equivalent Perl values; likewise, any values returned from the Perl coderef back to JavaScript will be also converted into equivalent JavaScript values.
Get the value stored in a JavaScript variable or object slot.
The JavaScript value is converted into an equivalent Perl value, so you can freely pass nested structures (hashes of arrays of hashes) and they will be handled correctly.
Remove a JavaScript variable or object slot.
Checks to see if there is a value stored in a JavaScript variable or object slot. Returns a boolean and avoids all JavaScript to Perl value conversions.
Returns a string with the JavaScript type of a given variable. Possible returned values are undefined, null, boolean, number, string, array, object, symbol, function, pointer.
undefined
null
boolean
number
string
array
object
symbol
function
pointer
This method returns null for null values, which fixes the long-standing JavaScript bug of returning object for null values.
Returns a true value when the variable given by the first parameter is an instance of the class given by the second parameter.
Run a piece of JavaScript code, given as a string, and return the results. After running the code, wait until all timers (if any) have been dispatched.
For now the XS object will both compile and run the JavaScript code when this method is invoked; in the future this might be split into separate functions.
Any returned values will be treated in the same way as a call to get.
get
Run a JavaScript function inside an event loop, and wait until all timers have been dispatched. The argument is the function name.
If the function name is 'X', this is equivalent to running the following piece of JavaScript code:
setTimeout(function() { X(); }, 0);
Return a hashref with the statistics gathered as a result of creating the XS object with option gather_stats set to true.
gather_stats
Reset the accumulated statistics, as if the XS object had just been created.
Return a hashref with the messages collected as a result of creating the XS object with option save_messages set to true.
save_messages
Reset the accumulated messages, as if the XS object had just been created.
Get an arrayref with the names of all global objects known to JavaScript.
Parse a JavaScript stacktrace (usually returned via get_msgs) and obtain structured information from it. For each of the number of frames requested (default to 1), it gets the error message, the file name and line number where the error happened, and an array of lines surrounding the actual error message.
The optional third parameter is an arrayref containing names of files that should be treated as top priority, meaning any errors pointing to those files will appear first in the returned stacktrace information.
Run at least one round of the JavaScript garbage collector, and return the number of rounds that were effectively run.
Return a hashref with version information.
JavaScript::V8
JavaScript::Duktape::XS
Copyright (C) Gonzalo Diethelm.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the MIT license.
Gonzalo Diethelm gonzus AT cpan DOT org
gonzus AT cpan DOT org
Authors of JavaScript::V8
To install JavaScript::V8::XS, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm JavaScript::V8::XS
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install JavaScript::V8::XS
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.