Mozilla Developer NetworkDOM-related function available in workers
In addition to the standard JavaScript set of functions (such as String, Array, Object, JSON etc), there are a variety of functions available from the DOM to workers. This article provides a list of those.
| Function | Equivalent to... |
atob() | window.atob()
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btoa() | window.btoa()
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clearInterval() | window.clearInterval()
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clearTimeout() | window.clearTimeout()
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dump() | window.dump()
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setInterval() | window.setInterval()
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setTimeout() | window.setTimeout()
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DOM-related classes available in workers
| Function | Functionality |
XMLHttpRequest() | Creates and returns a new XMLHttpRequest object; this mimics the behavior of the standard XMLHttpRequest() constructor. Note that the responseXML and channel attributes on XMLHttpRequest always return null. The .response and .responseType properties are available since Firefox 10. |
Worker() | Creates a new Note: Spawning nested Workers is currently not supported in Chrome: crbug.com/31666 |
Worker-specific functions
These functions make advanced functionality available to Workers, including support for AJAX requests and creating new workers from within your worker.
| Function | Functionality |
importScripts() | Imports one or more scripts into the worker's scope. You can specify as many as you'd like, separated by commas. For example:
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Worker-specific classes
These interfaces are only available to Workers:
FileReaderSyncthat allows synchronous read ofBloborFile.
