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Rename require('javascript') to require('vm')

v0.7.4-release
Ryan Dahl 14 years ago
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  1. 2
      doc/api/_toc.markdown
  2. 49
      doc/api/vm.markdown
  3. 0
      lib/vm.js
  4. 2
      test/simple/test-querystring.js
  5. 2
      test/simple/test-script-context.js
  6. 2
      test/simple/test-script-new.js
  7. 2
      test/simple/test-script-static-context.js
  8. 2
      test/simple/test-script-static-new.js
  9. 2
      test/simple/test-script-static-this.js
  10. 2
      test/simple/test-script-this.js

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doc/api/_toc.markdown

@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
* [Query Strings](querystring.html)
* [Readline](readline.html)
* [REPL](repl.html)
* [Script](script.html)
* [VM](vm.html)
* [Child Processes](child_processes.html)
* [Assertion Testing](assert.html)
* Appendixes

49
doc/api/script.markdown → doc/api/vm.markdown

@ -2,24 +2,24 @@
You can access this module with:
var js = require('javascript');
var vm = require('vm');
New JavaScript code can be compiled and run immediately or compiled, saved, and run later.
JavaScript code can be compiled and run immediately or compiled, saved, and run later.
### js.runInThisContext(code, [filename])
### vm.runInThisContext(code, [filename])
`js.runInThisContext()` compiles `code` as if it were loaded from `filename`,
`vm.runInThisContext()` compiles `code` as if it were loaded from `filename`,
runs it and returns the result. Running code does not have access to local scope. `filename` is optional.
Example of using `js.runInThisContext` and `eval` to run the same code:
Example of using `vm.runInThisContext` and `eval` to run the same code:
var localVar = 123,
usingscript, evaled,
js = require('javascript');
vm = require('javascript');
usingscript = js.runInThisContext('localVar = 1;',
'myfile.js');
usingscript = vm.runInThisContext('localVar = 1;',
'myfile.vm');
console.log('localVar: ' + localVar + ', usingscript: ' +
usingscript);
evaled = eval('localVar = 1;');
@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ Example of using `js.runInThisContext` and `eval` to run the same code:
// localVar: 123, usingscript: 1
// localVar: 1, evaled: 1
`js.runInThisContext` does not have access to the local scope, so `localVar` is unchanged.
`vm.runInThisContext` does not have access to the local scope, so `localVar` is unchanged.
`eval` does have access to the local scope, so `localVar` is changed.
In case of syntax error in `code`, `js.runInThisContext` emits the syntax error to stderr
In case of syntax error in `code`, `vm.runInThisContext` emits the syntax error to stderr
and throws.an exception.
### js.runInNewContext(code, [sandbox], [filename])
### vm.runInNewContext(code, [sandbox], [filename])
`js.runInNewContext` compiles `code` to run in `sandbox` as if it were loaded from `filename`,
`vm.runInNewContext` compiles `code` to run in `sandbox` as if it were loaded from `filename`,
then runs it and returns the result. Running code does not have access to local scope and
the object `sandbox` will be used as the global object for `code`.
`sandbox` and `filename` are optional.
@ -47,29 +47,29 @@ Example: compile and execute code that increments a global variable and sets a n
These globals are contained in the sandbox.
var util = require('util'),
js = require('javascript'),
vm = require('javascript'),
sandbox = {
animal: 'cat',
count: 2
};
js.runInNewContext('count += 1; name = "kitty"', sandbox, 'myfile.js');
vm.runInNewContext('count += 1; name = "kitty"', sandbox, 'myfile.vm');
console.log(util.inspect(sandbox));
// { animal: 'cat', count: 3, name: 'kitty' }
Note that running untrusted code is a tricky business requiring great care. To prevent accidental
global variable leakage, `js.runInNewContext` is quite useful, but safely running untrusted code
global variable leakage, `vm.runInNewContext` is quite useful, but safely running untrusted code
requires a separate process.
In case of syntax error in `code`, `js.runInThisContext` emits the syntax error to stderr
In case of syntax error in `code`, `vm.runInThisContext` emits the syntax error to stderr
and throws an exception.
### js.createScript(code, [filename])
### vm.createScript(code, [filename])
`createScript` compiles `code` as if it were loaded from `filename`,
but does not run it. Instead, it returns a `js.Script` object representing this compiled code.
but does not run it. Instead, it returns a `vm.Script` object representing this compiled code.
This script can be run later many times using methods below.
The returned script is not bound to any global object.
It is bound before each run, just for that run. `filename` is optional.
@ -80,18 +80,18 @@ and throws an exception.
### script.runInThisContext()
Similar to `js.runInThisContext` but a method of a precompiled `Script` object.
Similar to `vm.runInThisContext` but a method of a precompiled `Script` object.
`script.runInThisContext` runs the code of `script` and returns the result.
Running code does not have access to local scope, but does have access to the `global` object
(v8: in actual context).
Example of using `script.runInThisContext` to compile code once and run it multiple times:
var js = require('javascript');
var vm = require('javascript');
globalVar = 0;
var script = js.createScript('globalVar += 1', 'myfile.js');
var script = vm.createScript('globalVar += 1', 'myfile.vm');
for (var i = 0; i < 1000 ; i += 1) {
script.runInThisContext();
@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Example of using `script.runInThisContext` to compile code once and run it multi
### script.runInNewContext([sandbox])
Similar to `js.runInNewContext` a method of a precompiled `Script` object.
Similar to `vm.runInNewContext` a method of a precompiled `Script` object.
`script.runInNewContext` runs the code of `script` with `sandbox` as the global object and returns the result.
Running code does not have access to local scope. `sandbox` is optional.
@ -112,14 +112,13 @@ Example: compile code that increments a global variable and sets one, then execu
These globals are contained in the sandbox.
var util = require('util'),
js = require('javascript'),
vm = require('javascript'),
sandbox = {
animal: 'cat',
count: 2
};
var script = js.createScript(
'count += 1; name = "kitty"', 'myfile.js');
var script = vm.createScript('count += 1; name = "kitty"', 'myfile.vm');
for (var i = 0; i < 10 ; i += 1) {
script.runInNewContext(sandbox);

0
lib/javascript.js → lib/vm.js

2
test/simple/test-querystring.js

@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var qsWeirdObjects = [
];
}
var Script = require('javascript').Script;
var Script = require('vm').Script;
var foreignObject = Script.runInContext('({"foo": ["bar", "baz"]})', Script.createContext());
var qsNoMungeTestCases = [

2
test/simple/test-script-context.js

@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
common = require("../common");
assert = common.assert
var Script = require('javascript').Script;
var Script = require('vm').Script;
var script = new Script('"passed";');
common.debug('run in a new empty context');

2
test/simple/test-script-new.js

@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
common = require("../common");
assert = common.assert
var Script = require('javascript').Script;
var Script = require('vm').Script;
common.debug('run a string');
var script = new Script('"passed";');
common.debug('script created');

2
test/simple/test-script-static-context.js

@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
common = require("../common");
assert = common.assert
var Script = require('javascript').Script;
var Script = require('vm').Script;
common.debug('run in a new empty context');
var context = Script.createContext();

2
test/simple/test-script-static-new.js

@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
common = require("../common");
assert = common.assert
var Script = require('javascript').Script;
var Script = require('vm').Script;
common.debug('run a string');
var result = Script.runInNewContext('"passed";');

2
test/simple/test-script-static-this.js

@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
common = require("../common");
assert = common.assert
var Script = require('javascript').Script;
var Script = require('vm').Script;
common.debug('run a string');
var result = Script.runInThisContext('"passed";');

2
test/simple/test-script-this.js

@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
common = require("../common");
assert = common.assert
var Script = require('javascript').Script;
var Script = require('vm').Script;
common.debug('run a string');
var script = new Script('"passed";');

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