Core JavaScript 1.5 Guide

About this Guide

JavaScript Overview

Core Language Features

Expressions and Operators

Regular Expressions

Creating a Regular Expression

Writing a Regular Expression Pattern

Using Simple Patterns

Using Special Characters

Using Parentheses

Working with Regular Expressions

Using Parenthesized Substring Matches

Advanced Searching With Flags

Examples

Statements

Block Statement

Conditional Statements

if...else Statement

switch Statement

Loop Statements

for Statement

do...while Statement

while Statement

label Statement

break Statement

continue Statement

Object Manipulation Statements

for...in Statement

with Statement

Comments

Exception Handling Statements

throw Statement

try...catch Statement

Functions

Defining Functions

Calling Functions

Using the arguments Object

Predefined Functions

eval Function

isFinite Function

isNaN Function

parseInt and parseFloat Functions

Number and String Functions

escape and unescape Functions

Working with Closures

Working with Objects

Objects and Properties

Creating New Objects

Using Object Initializers

Using a Constructor Function

Indexing Object Properties

Defining Properties for an Object Type

Defining Methods

Using this for Object References

Defining Getters and Setters

Deleting Properties

Predefined Core Objects

Array Object

Boolean Object

Date Object

Function Object

Math Object

Number Object

RegExp Object

String Object

Inheritance

Working with Arrays

Iterators and Generators

Details of the Object Model

Class-Based vs. Prototype-Based Languages

Defining a Class

Subclasses and Inheritance

Adding and Removing Properties

Summary of Differences

The Employee Example

Creating the Hierarchy

Object Properties

Inheriting Properties

Adding Properties

More Flexible Constructors

Property Inheritance Revisited

Local versus Inherited Values

Determining Instance Relationships

Global Information in Constructors

No Multiple Inheritance

LiveConnect Overview

Working with Wrappers

JavaScript to Java Communication

The Packages Object

Working with Java Arrays

Package and Class References

Arguments of Type char

Handling Java Exceptions in JavaScript

Java to JavaScript Communication

Using the LiveConnect Classes

Data Type Conversions

JavaScript to Java Conversions

Java to JavaScript Conversions

Processing XML with E4X