traversing JavaScript namespace

[Plamen Valtchev]

This is my problem:

From JavaScript I want to find the list of all defined/loaded
JavaScript functions/objects/names within the current scope (html page
in a browser).

the page could contain many included javascript with the script tag :

<script language="javas cript" src="XXX/Script.js"></script>


and I wont to know the functions that have been loaded from the
included script

I couldn find any way of traversing the JavaScript namespace atall !

any ideas ?

Thanks

Plamen

[Martin Honnen]

Re: traversing JavaScript namespace



Plamen Valtchev wrote:
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> This is my problem:
>
> From JavaScript I want to find the list of all defined/loaded
> JavaScript functions/objects/names within the current scope (html page
> in a browser).
>
> the page could contain many included javascript with the script tag :
>
> <script language="javas cript" src="XXX/Script.js"></script>
>
>
> and I wont to know the functions that have been loaded from the
> included script
>
> I couldn find any way of traversing the JavaScript namespace atall ![/color]


Properties marked as enumerable can be enumerated with
for (var prop in object)
The global object in client side JavaScript is the window object so you
can try
var text = '';
for (var prop in window) {
text += prop + ': ' + window[prop] + '| ';
}
alert(text);
however you will find browser dependant differences as to the properties
that are enumerated.

--

Martin Honnen

http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Ira Baxter]

Re: traversing JavaScript namespace

"Plamen Valtchev" <plamen@genient .com> wrote in message
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> From JavaScript I want to find the list of all defined/loaded
> JavaScript functions/objects/names within the current scope (html page
> in a browser).
>
> the page could contain many included javascript with the script tag :
>
> <script language="javas cript" src="XXX/Script.js"></script>
>
> and I wont to know the functions that have been loaded from the
> included script
> I couldn find any way of traversing the JavaScript namespace atall !
>
> any ideas ?[/color]

You could use a real JavaScript parser that understood HTML to figure
this out off line. See

http://www.semdesigns.com/Products/FrontEnds/ECMAScriptFrontEnd.html

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Ira D. Baxter, Ph.D., CTO 512-250-1018
Semantic Designs, Inc. www.semdesigns.com




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[Ivo]

Re: traversing JavaScript namespace

It 's an interesting idea, using javascript to analyse javascript. The
actual scripts on a page are stored in the DOM under "document.scrip ts",
with "text" and "src" as the most useful branches.
If it is an inline script, you can break up document.script s[n].text with a
regular expression:

txt = document.script s[0].text; // first script tag on the page
reg = /function\s*?(\w +)\s*?\(([,\w\s]*?)\)/gm; // searches function names
if( list = txt.match(reg) )
alert( list.join('\n') );
else
alert( 'No functions in this script!' );

External scripts are a bit more difficult. I have found myself loading
document.srcipt s[n].src into a hidden textarea to let the code 'read' the
code. Less clumsy solutions are welcome!
HTH
Ivo
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> "Plamen Valtchev" <plamen@genient .com> wrote in message
> news:8228c0d6.0 402060603.67017 3b6@posting.goo gle.com...
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> > From JavaScript I want to find the list of all defined/loaded
> > JavaScript functions/objects/names within the current scope (html page
> > in a browser).
> >
> > the page could contain many included javascript with the script tag :
> >
> > <script language="javas cript" src="XXX/Script.js"></script>
> >
> > and I wont to know the functions that have been loaded from the
> > included script
> > I couldn find any way of traversing the JavaScript namespace atall !
> >
> > any ideas ?[/color]
>
> You could use a real JavaScript parser that understood HTML to figure
> this out off line. See
> http://www.semdesigns.com/Products/F...tFrontEnd.html
>
>
> --
> Ira D. Baxter, Ph.D., CTO 512-250-1018
> Semantic Designs, Inc. www.semdesigns.com
>
>
>
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