jscjs-sys

A *-sys crate of raw bindings to the JavaScriptCore low-level C API.

Usage

Add the following to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
jscjs_sys = "0.0.3"

All necessary definitions are provided to easily interoperate with the JSC API on all x86_64 *nix architectures supported by Rust. This crate explicity exports:

These bindings are designed to be a fairly straightforward translation to the low-level C API, while taking advantage of Rust's memory safety. For more about the JavaScriptCore API, see the API source and the documentation.

Provided below are some practical examples of what functionalities this crate allows:

• Create a global scripting context, used to create and execute JavaScript objects and code
• Work natively with objects, parameters
• Build JavaScript functions out of strings
• Associate C callbacks to user-definted "classes" of objects
• Attach C callbacks to "classes", handles responses to an action (e.g., getters/setters, promises, fn cals)
• Load JavaScript files based on designated names and starting line-numbers

Development

Prerequisites

• LLVM toolchain (llvm-dev or clang-dev)
• cmake and make utilities
• WebKit dependencies (GNU/Linux specific)
  • cd /path/to/WebKit && Tools/gtk/install-dependencies

Get Source

Clone crate and WebKit source (included as a submodule):

➜ git clone https://github.com/drtychai/jsc-sys
➜ cd jsc-sys && \
  git submodule update --remote --init --recursive

Building

No special caveats to builds:

➜ cargo build [-vv] [--target <TRIPLE>]

                 [ ... ]

Packaging

Packaging requires a runtime clone of WebKit unless the SRC_DIR environment variable is set:

➜ export SRC_DIR=/abs/path/to/webkit && \
  cargo package [-vv] [--target <TRIPLE>]

                 [ ... ]