/ChakraCore.NET

A dotnet hosting library for chakra (javascript) engine

Primary LanguageC#MIT LicenseMIT

ChakraCore.NET

A dotnet hosting library for chakracore (javascript) engine to provide scripting capability to dotnet applications. The primary target is make it easy to learn and use.

Platform

This library is build with NetStandard 1.4 and Chakracore 1.7.3

Support following platform:

  • .NET Framework 4.6.1
  • UWP (windows 10 , Windows 10 IoT , Windows 10 Mobile)
  • Net Core 1.0 ,1.1 ,2.0
  • Mono/Xamarin

As DotnetCore and Chakracore 1.7.3 supports cross platform, idealy you can use this library at any OS which supported by these 2 libraries. This library is created and tested on windows 10 platform. If you're using it on other platform than Windows 10, feel free to send me a feed back.

nuget:

https://www.nuget.org/packages/ChakraCore.NET/

Key features

Read/Write javascript values

Call javascript function from dotnet, support callback to dotnet

Expose dotnet function to javascript, support callback to javascript

Flexible value converter system

  • Transfer dotnet class instance to a proxy object in javascript
  • Transfer dotnet structure to a javascript value
  • Build-in value converters support String,int,double,single,bool,byte,decimal,Guid

Support ArrayBuffer,TypedArray,DataView

Support Task <-> Promise convert

Support "require" feature

Support ES6 Modules

Sample

Samples are still under development, suggest read the unit test code for a start by now. here's some simple code which demostrates the basic usage of the library

Setup runtime and context, then run a script

    ChakraRuntime runtime=ChakraRuntime.Create();
    ChakraContext context=runtime.CreateContext(true);
    context.RunScript("var a=1;");

write 1 to variable a

    context.GlobalObject.WriteProperty<int>("a", 1); //js: var a=1;

read variable a

    int value=context.GlobalObject.ReadProperty<T>("a"); //js: return a;

call js function

    context.RunScript("function add(v){return v+1}");  //run the script to create function add
    var b=context.GlobalObject.CallFunction<int, int>("add", 1); //js: return add([value]);

expose function

    public int Add(int value)
    {
        return value + 1;
    }
    context.GlobalObject.Binding.SetFunction<int,int>("add", Add); //js: function add(v){[native code]}

call js function with callback

    public void echo(string s)
    {
        Debug.WriteLine(s);
    }
    context.RunScript("function test(callback){callback('hello world')})");  //init js function
    context.ServiceNode.GetService<IJSValueConverterService>().RegisterMethodConverter<string>();  //regiser callback method type
    context.GlobalObject.CallMethod<Action<string>>("test", echo);   //js: test([native function]);

map a dotnet object instance to js

    public class DebugEcho
    {
        public void Echo(String s)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine(s);
        }
    }

    context.ServiceNode.GetService<IJSValueConverterService>().RegisterProxyConverter<DebugEcho>( //register the object converter
        (binding, instance, serviceNode) =>
        {
            binding.SetMethod<string>("echo",instance.Echo); //js: [object].echo=function(s){[native code]}
        });
    DebugEcho obj = new DebugEcho();
    context.GlobalObject.WriteProperty<DebugEcho>("debugEcho", obj); //js: var debugEcho=[native object]

using "require"

c#	
	JSRequireLoader.EnableRequire(context,"Script\\Require"); //enable require, set root folder to "Script\Require"
	runScript("RequestTest"); 

RequestTest.js

	var p = require("TestLib");
	var output = p.t1("abc");

TestLib.js

	function t1(source) {
		return source + source;
	}
	exports.t1 = t1;

ES6 module (project exported class as global object)

        protected JSValue projectModuleClass(string moduleName,string className)
        {
            //setup local moudle callback, assume every script is embedded in resource without ".js" extension
            return context.ProjectModuleClass("__value", moduleName, className, (name) => Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetString(name));
        }

        public void ImportExport()
        {
            var value = projectModuleClass("BasicExport", "TestClass"); //load BasicImport.js module file, create an instance of exported class "TestClass" and map it to global scope . return the exported value
            var result = value.CallFunction<int, int>("Test1", 1);//call the function on exported class
            Assert.AreEqual(2, result);
        }
        
BasicExport.js
        export 
    class TestClass {
        Test1(v) {
            return v + v;
    }
}