This interface represents a DOM worker thread.
1.0
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Introduced
Gecko 1.9.1
Inherits from:
nsIAbstractWorker
Last changed in Gecko 1.9.1 (Firefox 3.5 / Thunderbird 3.0 / SeaMonkey 2.0)For usage details, see worker and the article Using DOM workers.
Method overview
void postMessage(in DOMString aMessage, [optional] in nsIWorkerMessagePort aMessagePort); |
Attributes
| Attribute | Type | Description |
onmessage | | An object to receive notifications when messages are received on the worker's message port. |
Methods
postMessage()
Used to allow the worker to send a message back to the web application that created it.
void postMessage(
in DOMString aMessage,
in nsIWorkerMessagePort aMessagePort Optional
);
Parameters
aMessage- The message the worker wishes to post back to its creator.
aMessagePort- A message port on which to post the message; if not specified, the default message port is used.