Appendix B
JavaScript Object Specification Syntax
Anchor Object
Creating
<A NAME="anchorName">
textOrImageAnchor
</A>
Applet Object
Creating
<APPLET
CODE="AppletURL"
HEIGHT="PixelCount"
NAME="AppletName"
WIDTH="PixelCount"
[ALIGN="AlignmentLocation"]
[ALT="AlternateTextDisplay"]
[CODEBASE="ClassFileDirectory"]
[HSPACE="MarginPixelCount"]
[VSPACE="MarginPixelCount"]>
<PARAM NAME="AppletParameterName” VALUE=”ParameterValue”>
...
<PARAM NAME="AppletParameterName” VALUE=”ParameterValue”>
</APPLET>
Properties
name(string)
(Java variables)
Event Handlers
onMouseOut=
onMouseOver=
Methods
(Java methods)
Area Object
Creating
<MAP NAME="areaMapName">
<AREA
COORDS="x1,y1,x2,y2…." |"x-center,y-center,radius"
HREF="URLorLocation"
[NOHREF]
[SHAPE="rect" | "poly" | "circle" | "default" ]
[TARGET="windowName"]
[onFocus="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]
[onMouseOut="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]
[onMouseOver="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]>
</MAP>
Properties
links[index].target (window name)
[location object properties]
Event Handlers
onMouseOut=
onMouseOver=
Array Object
Creating
var myArray = new Array([integer] | [val1 [ , val2 … [ , valn]]])
Properties
length(integer)
prototype (expression)
Methods
join("delimiterChar")
reverse()
sort(compareFunc)
Button, Submit, and Reset Objects
Creating
<FORM>
<INPUT
TYPE="button" | "submit" |"reset"
[NAME="buttonName]
[VALUE="labelText"]
[onClick="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]
[onFocus="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]
[onLoad="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]
[onUnLoad="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]>
</FORM>
Properties
name (string)
type (string)
value (string)
Methods
click()
Event Handlers
onClick=
Checkbox Object
Creating
<FORM>
<INPUT
TYPE="checkbox"
[CHECKED]
[NAME="boxName]
[VALUE="buttonValue"]
[onClick="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]>
buttonText
</FORM>
Properties
checked (Boolean)
defaultChecked (Boolean)
name (string)
type (string)
value (string)
Methods
click()
Event Handlers
onClick=
Date Object
Creating
var myDate = new Date("Month dd, yyyy, hh:mm:ss")
var myDate = new Date("Month dd, yyyy")
var myDate = new Date("yy,mm,dd,hh,mm,ss")
var myDate = new Date("yy, mm, dd")
var myDate = new Date(millisecondsInteger)
Properties
prototype (expression)
Methods
myDate.getDate()(1-31)
myDate.getDay() (0-6)
myDate.getHours() (0-23)
myDate.getMinutes() (0-59)
myDate.getMonth() (0-11)
myDate.getSeconds() (0-59)
myDate.getTime()(0-…)
myDate.getTimezoneOffset() (0-…)
myDate.getYear()(70-…)
myDate.setDate()(1-31)
myDate.setDay() (0-6)
myDate.setHours() (0-23)
myDate.setMinutes() (0-59)
myDate.setMonth() (0-11)
myDate.setSeconds() (0-59)
myDate.setTime()(0-…)
myDate.setYear()(70-…)
myDate.toGMTString()(String)
myDate.toLocaleString() (String)
Date.parse("dateString")
Date.UTC("date values")
Document Object
Creating
<BODY
[ALINK="#activatedLinkColor"]
[BACKGROUND="backgroundImageURL"]
[BGCOLOR="#backgroundColor"]
[LINK="#unfollowedLinkColor"]
[TEXT="#foregroundColor"]
[VLINK="#followedLinkColor"]
[onLoad="#handlerTextOrFunction"]
[onUnload="#handlerTextOrFunction"]
</BODY>
Properties
alinkColor (hexadecimal triplet or constant)
anchors (array)
applets (array)
bgColor (hexadecimal triplet or constant)
cookie (string)
domain (string)
embeds (array)
fgColor (hexadecimal triplet or constant)
forms(array)
images (array)
lastModified (date string)
linkColor(hexadecimal triplet or constant)
links (array)
location (string)
referrer (string)
title(string)
URL (string)
vlinkColor (hexadecimal triplet or constant)
Methods
write("string1" [,”string2”,...,“stringn”])
write("string1" [,”string2”,...,“stringn”])
write("string1" [,”string2”,...,“stringn”])
open("mimeType")
close()
clear()
FileUpload Object
Creating
<FORM>
<input
TYPE="file"
[NAME="fieldName"]
[SIZE="numberOfCharacters"]>
</FORM>
Properties
name (string)
value (string)
type (string)
Methods
blur()
focus()
select()
Event Handlers
onBlur=
onChange=
onFocus=
onSelect=
Form Object
Creating
<FORM
[ACTION="serverURL"]
[ENCTYPE="MIMEType"]
[METHOD=GET | POST]
[NAME="formName"]
[onSubmit="eventHandlerTextOrFunction"]
[onReset="eventHandlerTextOrFunction"]
</FORM>
Properties
action (URL)
elements (array)
encoding (MIME type)
method (GET or POST)
name (string)
target (window name)
Methods
reset()
submit()
Event Handlers
onReset=
onSubmit=
Function Object
Creating
function functionName( [parameter1]...[, parameterN] ) {
statements
}
var myFunction = new function([parameter1]...[, parameterN], statements)
Properties
arguments (array)
caller (function)
prototyp (expression)
Methods
reset()
submit()
Event Handlers
onReset=
onSubmit=
Hidden Objects
Creating
<FORM>
<INPUT
NAME="fieldName"
TYPE="hidden"
[VALUE="contents"]>
</FORM>
Properties
defaultValue(string)
name (string)
type(string)
value (string)
History Object
Properties
length (integer)
Methods
back()
forward()
go(relativeNumber |"URLorTitleSubstring")
Image Object
Creating
<IMG
NAME="imageName"
SRC="imageURL"
[ALIGN="left" | "right" | "top" | "absmiddle" | "absbottom" |
"texttop" | "middle" | "baseline" | "bottom" ]
[BORDER="pixelCount"]
[HEIGHT="pixelCount" | "percentageValue%"]
[HSPACE="pixelCount"]
[ISMAP]
[LOWSRC="lowResImageURL"]
[USEMAP="areaMapName"]
[VSPACE="pixelCount"]
[WIDTH="pixelCount" | "percentageValue%"]
[onAbort="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]
[onError="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]
[onLoad="EventHandlerTextOrFunction"]>
Properties
border (integer)
complete (Boolean)
height (integer)
hspace (integer)
lowsrc (string)
src (string)
vspace (integer)
Event Handlers
onAbort=
onError=
onLoad=
Layer Object
Properties
above
background (colorValue)
below (layerObject)
bgColor (colorValue)
clip.top (pixelCount)
clip.left (pixelCount)
clip.right (pixelCount)
clip.bottom (pixelCount)
clip.width (pixelCount)
clip.height (pixelCount)
height(pixelCount)
left (pixelCount)
layers(array)
name(string)
parentLayer (layerObject)
siblingAbove (layerObject)
siblingBelow (layerObject)
top (pixelCount)
visibility (hide|show|inherit)
width (pixelCount)
zIndex(integer)
Methods
offset()
moveTo()
resize()
moveAbove()
moveBelow()
Link Object
Creating
<A HREF="URLorLocation”
[NAME="anchorName”]
[TARGET="windowName”]
[onClick="EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onMouseOut=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onMouseOver=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]>
TextOrImageLink
</FORM>
Properties
links[index].target (window name)
[location object properties]
Event Handlers
onClick=
onMouseOut=
onMouseOver=
Math Object
Properties
Math.E
Math.LN2
Math.LN10
Math.LOG2E
Math.LOG10E
Math.PI
Math.SQRT1_2
Math.SQRT2
Methods
Math.abs()
Math.acos()
Math.asin()
Math.atan()
Math.atan2()
Math.ceil()
Math.cos()
Math.exp()
Math.floor()
Math.log()
Math.max()
Math.min()
Math.pow()
Math.random()
Math.round()
Math.sin()
Math.sqrt()
Math.tan()
MimeType Object
Properties
description (string)
enabledPlugin (string)
type(string)
suffixes(string)
Navigator Object
Properties
appName (string)
appVersion (string)
appCodeName(string)
mimeTypes (string)
plugins (string)
userAgent (string)
Methods
javaEnabled()
taintEnabled()
Plugin Object
Properties
description (string)
enabledPlugin (string)
type(string)
suffixes(string)
Methods
javaEnabled()
taintEnabled()
Radio Object
Creating
<FORM
<INPUT
NAME=”buttonGroupName”
TYPE=”radio”
[CHECKED]
[VALUE=”buttonValue”]
[onClick=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
buttonText
</FORM>
Properties
checked (Boolean)
defaultChecked(Boolean)
name (string)
value(string)
type (string)
Methods
click()
Event Handlers
onClick=
Select Object
Creating
<FORM
<SELECT
NAME=”listName”
[MULTIPLE]
[SIZE=”NumberOfCharacters”]
[onBlur=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onChange=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onFocus=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]>
<OPTION [SELECTED] [VALUE=”string”]>listItem
[...<OPTION [VALUE=”string”]>listItem
</SELECT>
</FORM> >
Properties
length (integer)
name (string)
options[index] (array)
options[index].defaultSelected (Boolean)
options[index].index(integer)
options[index].value(string)
options[index].selected(Boolean)
options[index].text(string)
selectedIndex (integer)
type (string)
Methods
blur()
focus()
Event Handlers
onBlur=
onChange=
onFocus=
String Object
Creating
var myString = new String(["stringExpression”])
Properties
length(integer)
prototype (expression)
Methods
myString.anchor("anchorName”)
myString.big()
myString.blink()
myString.bold()
myString.charAt(index)
myString.fixed()
myString.fontcolor(colorValue)
myString.fontsize(integer1to7)
myString.indexOf(searchString [ , startIndex])
myString.italics()
myString.lastIndexOf(searchString [ , startIndex])
myString.link(locationOrURL)
myString.small()
myString.split("delimitingChar”)
myString.strike()
myString.sub()
myString.substring(beginIndex, endIndex)
myString.sup()
myString.toLowerCase()
myString.toUpperCase()
Text, Textarea, and Password Objects
Creating
<FORM
<INPUT
NAME=”fieldName”
TYPE=”text”
[MAXLENGTH=”MaxLengthAllowed”]
[SIZE=”NumberOfCharacters”]
[VALUE=”contents”]
[onBlur=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onChange=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onFocus=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onSelect=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]>
</FORM>
<FORM
<TEXTAREA
COLS=”NumberOfColumns”
NAME=”fieldName”
ROWS=”NumberOfRows”
[WRAP=”off” | "virtual” | "physical”]
[onBlur=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onChange=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onFocus=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onSelect=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
defaultText
</TEXTAREA
</FORM>
<FORM
<INPUT
NAME=”fieldName”
TYPE=”password”
[MAXLENGTH=”MaxLengthAllowed”]
[SIZE=”CharacterLength”]
[VALUE=”contents”]>
</FORM>
Properties
defaultValue (string)
name (string)
value (string)
type (string)
Methods
blur()
focus()
select()
Event Handlers
onBlur=
onChange=
onFocus=
onSelect=
Window and Frame Objects
Creating
windowObject = window.open([parameters])
<BODY
...
[onBlur=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onFocus=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onLoad=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onUnLoad=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
</BODY>
<FRAMESET
COLS=”valueList”
ROWS=”valueList”
[BORDER=pixelSize]
[BORDERCOLOR=colorSpecs]
[FRAMEBORDER=YES | NO]
[onBlur=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onFocus=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onLoad=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction”]
[onUnLoad=”EventHandlerTextOrFunction]
<FRAME
SRC=”locationOrURL”
NAME=”firstFrameName”
[BORDER=pixelsize]
[BORDERCOLOR=colorSpecs]
....
</FRAMESET>
Properties
defaultStatus (string)
frames (array)
name (string)
onerror(function)
opener (window object)
parent (window object)
self (window object)
status (window object)
top(window object)
window (window object)
Methods
alert(message)
blur()
clearTimeout(timeoutIDnumber)
close()
confirm(message)
focus()
open("URL”,"windowName”[,,”windowSpecification”])
prompt(message,defaultReply)
scroll(horizontalPixel, verticalPixel)
setTimeout("expression”, millisecondsDelay)
Event Handlers
onBlur=
onFocus=
onLoad=
onUnload=
Control Structures
if (condition)= {
statements
}
if (condition)= {
statements
}
else {
statements
}
variable = (condition) ? val1 : val2
for ( [ initial expression]; [condition]; [update expression]){
statements
}
while (condition) {
statements
}
for (var in object) {
statements
}
with (object) {
statements
}
Operators
Comparison
== Equals
!= Does not equal
> Is greater than
>= Is greater than or equal to
< Is less than
<= Is less than or equal to
Binary & Unary
+ Plus
– Minus
* Multiply
/ Divide
% Modulo
++ Increment
-- Decrement
-val Negation
Assignment
= Equals
+= Add the RHS (Right Hand Side)
–= Subtract the RHS
*= Multiply by the RHS
/= Divide by the RHS
%= Modulo by the RHS
<<=Left shift by the RHS
>>=Right shift by the RHS
>>>= Right shift by the RHS, zero fill
&= Bitwise AND by the RHS
|= Bitwise OR by the RHS
^= Bitwise XOR by the RHS
Boolean
&& And
|| Or
! Not
Bitwise
& Bitwise And
| Bitwise Or
^ Bitwise XOR
~ Bitwise Not
<< Left Shift
>> Right Shift
>>> Zero Fill Right Shift
Miscellaneous
new
typeOf
void
JavaScript Functions and
Methods
eval("string”)
isNan(expression)
object.toString()
parseFloat("string”)
parseInt("string”)
taint([object])
untaint([object])
