The port
property of the SharedWorker
interface returns a MessagePort
object used to communicate and control the shared worker.
Syntax
myWorker.port;
Value
A MessagePort
object.
Example
The following code snippet shows creation of a SharedWorker
object using the SharedWorker()
constructor. Multiple scripts can then access the worker through a MessagePort
object accessed using the SharedWorker.port
property — the port is started using its start()
method:
var myWorker = new SharedWorker('worker.js'); myWorker.port.start();
For a full example, see our Basic shared worker example (run shared worker.)
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'AbstractWorker.onerror' in that specification. |
Living Standard |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Support | 4 | 29.0 (29.0) | No support | 10.60 | 5 No support 6.1 |
Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Support | No support | No support | 33.0 (33.0) | 2.1 | No support | 11.5 | 5.1 No support 7.1 |
See also
- The
SharedWorker
interface it belongs to.