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Nortel Scripting Language

Initial Submission

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Architectural Goals

• provide a scripting language for non-browser environments

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Context for Submission

• definition of JavaScript

– JavaScript 1.1 as shipped with Netscape Navigator 3.0

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Component-events
• what are componenet-events ? - assumptions

– always local - as distinct from Event Service

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IDL Basic Types - 1

• IDL boolean

– IDL literals TRUE and FALSE map to JavaScript literals true and false

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IDL Basic Types - 2

• IDL octet

– maps to JavaScript Number

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Enum and Struct

• IDL enum type

– generates a JavaScript Array with String values for each enumeration element

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Sequence and Array

• IDL sequence type

– maps to JavaScript “Array” ( typeof on the value will return “object”)

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Union and Any

• IDL union type

– maps to JavaScript Object

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Typedefs and Constants

• IDL typedefs

– typedefs are not made visible in JavaScript

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Exceptions and Attributes

• IDL exceptions

– mapped as per IDL struct

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Operations
• invoking an IDL operation maps onto creating a JavaScript Object

• the Object may be created by a constructor Function

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Interfaces and Modules

• an IDL interface maps to a JavaScript Object of the same name

– prototype property is set to the JavaScript representation of CORBA::Object

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Psuedo Objects - ORB

• ORB

– maps to a JavaScript (host) Object named CORBA_ORB

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Psuedo Objects - Object and Policy

• Object

– maps to a JavaScript (host) Object named CORBA_Object

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No Server-side Mapping
• it was an optional requirement anyway

• scripts are triggered by component-events

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