nsIWorkerScope

dom/interfaces/threads/nsIDOMWorkers.idlScriptable

This interface represents the global scope in which a worker's script runs.

1.0

Introduced

Gecko 1.9.1

Inherits from: nsIWorkerGlobalScope Last changed in Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 3.6 / Thunderbird 3.1 / Fennec 1.0)

Method overview

void postMessage(in DOMString aMessage, [optional] in nsIWorkerMessagePort aMessagePort);

void close();

Attribute	Type	Description
`onclose`	`nsIDOMEventListener`	A listener object to be called when the worker stops running.
`onmessage`	`nsIDOMEventListener`	A listener object to be called when a message is posted on the port. The message is in the event's `data` member.

Requires Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 3.6 / Thunderbird 3.1 / Fennec 1.0)

Allows the worker to terminate itself. If a listener has been established by setting the value of the onclose attribute, it gets called.

void close();

None.

Posts a message to the scope's parent worker object.

void postMessage(
  in DOMString aMessage,
  in nsIWorkerMessagePort aMessagePort Optional
);

aMessage: The message to post. It will be stored as the data member in the event.
aMessagePort Optional: Specifies the message port onto which to post the message; if not specified, the default port is used.