#include <v8.h>

Inheritance diagram for v8::FunctionTemplate:

Public Member Functions
Local< Function >	GetFunction ()
void	SetCallHandler (InvocationCallback callback, Handle< Value > data=Handle< Value >())
Local< ObjectTemplate >	InstanceTemplate ()
void	Inherit (Handle< FunctionTemplate > parent)
Local< ObjectTemplate >	PrototypeTemplate ()
void	SetClassName (Handle< String > name)
void	SetHiddenPrototype (bool value)
void	ReadOnlyPrototype ()
bool	HasInstance (Handle< Value > object)
Static Public Member Functions
static Local< FunctionTemplate >	New (InvocationCallback callback=0, Handle< Value > data=Handle< Value >(), Handle< Signature > signature=Handle< Signature >())
Friends
class	Context
class	ObjectTemplate

Detailed Description

A FunctionTemplate is used to create functions at runtime. There can only be one function created from a FunctionTemplate in a context. The lifetime of the created function is equal to the lifetime of the context. So in case the embedder needs to create temporary functions that can be collected using Scripts is preferred.

A FunctionTemplate can have properties, these properties are added to the function object when it is created.

A FunctionTemplate has a corresponding instance template which is used to create object instances when the function is used as a constructor. Properties added to the instance template are added to each object instance.

A FunctionTemplate can have a prototype template. The prototype template is used to create the prototype object of the function.

The following example shows how to use a FunctionTemplate:

    v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate> t = v8::FunctionTemplate::New();
    t->Set("func_property", v8::Number::New(1));

    v8::Local<v8::Template> proto_t = t->PrototypeTemplate();
    proto_t->Set("proto_method", v8::FunctionTemplate::New(InvokeCallback));
    proto_t->Set("proto_const", v8::Number::New(2));

    v8::Local<v8::ObjectTemplate> instance_t = t->InstanceTemplate();
    instance_t->SetAccessor("instance_accessor", InstanceAccessorCallback);
    instance_t->SetNamedPropertyHandler(PropertyHandlerCallback, ...);
    instance_t->Set("instance_property", Number::New(3));

    v8::Local<v8::Function> function = t->GetFunction();
    v8::Local<v8::Object> instance = function->NewInstance();

Let's use "function" as the JS variable name of the function object and "instance" for the instance object created above. The function and the instance will have the following properties:

   func_property in function == true;
   function.func_property == 1;

   function.prototype.proto_method() invokes 'InvokeCallback'
   function.prototype.proto_const == 2;

   instance instanceof function == true;
   instance.instance_accessor calls 'InstanceAccessorCallback'
   instance.instance_property == 3;

A FunctionTemplate can inherit from another one by calling the FunctionTemplate::Inherit method. The following graph illustrates the semantics of inheritance:

   FunctionTemplate Parent  -> Parent() . prototype -> { }
     ^                                                  ^
     | Inherit(Parent)                                  | .__proto__
     |                                                  |
   FunctionTemplate Child   -> Child()  . prototype -> { }

A FunctionTemplate 'Child' inherits from 'Parent', the prototype object of the Child() function has __proto__ pointing to the Parent() function's prototype object. An instance of the Child function has all properties on Parent's instance templates.

Let Parent be the FunctionTemplate initialized in the previous section and create a Child FunctionTemplate by:

   Local<FunctionTemplate> parent = t;
   Local<FunctionTemplate> child = FunctionTemplate::New();
   child->Inherit(parent);

   Local<Function> child_function = child->GetFunction();
   Local<Object> child_instance = child_function->NewInstance();

The Child function and Child instance will have the following properties:

   child_func.prototype.__proto__ == function.prototype;
   child_instance.instance_accessor calls 'InstanceAccessorCallback'
   child_instance.instance_property == 3;

Member Function Documentation

Local<Function> v8::FunctionTemplate::GetFunction ( )

Returns the unique function instance in the current execution context.

bool v8::FunctionTemplate::HasInstance ( Handle< Value > object )

Returns true if the given object is an instance of this function template.

void v8::FunctionTemplate::Inherit ( Handle< FunctionTemplate > parent )

Causes the function template to inherit from a parent function template.

Local<ObjectTemplate> v8::FunctionTemplate::InstanceTemplate ( )

Get the InstanceTemplate.

static Local<FunctionTemplate> v8::FunctionTemplate::New	(	InvocationCallback	callback = `0`,
		Handle< Value >	data = `Handle< Value >()`,
		Handle< Signature >	signature = `Handle< Signature >()`
	)			`[static]`

Creates a function template.

Local<ObjectTemplate> v8::FunctionTemplate::PrototypeTemplate ( )

A PrototypeTemplate is the template used to create the prototype object of the function created by this template.

void v8::FunctionTemplate::ReadOnlyPrototype ( )

Sets the ReadOnly flag in the attributes of the 'prototype' property of functions created from this FunctionTemplate to true.

void v8::FunctionTemplate::SetCallHandler	(	InvocationCallback	callback,
		Handle< Value >	data = `Handle< Value >()`
	)

Set the call-handler callback for a FunctionTemplate. This callback is called whenever the function created from this FunctionTemplate is called.

void v8::FunctionTemplate::SetClassName ( Handle< String > name )

Set the class name of the FunctionTemplate. This is used for printing objects created with the function created from the FunctionTemplate as its constructor.

void v8::FunctionTemplate::SetHiddenPrototype ( bool value )

Determines whether the __proto__ accessor ignores instances of the function template. If instances of the function template are ignored, __proto__ skips all instances and instead returns the next object in the prototype chain.

Call with a value of true to make the __proto__ accessor ignore instances of the function template. Call with a value of false to make the __proto__ accessor not ignore instances of the function template. By default, instances of a function template are not ignored.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

/home/ondras/svn/v8/include/v8.h

v8::FunctionTemplate Class Reference

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Friends

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation