396055 - No scriptable IO object in JS components

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: XPCOM, defect)

Description

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

The scriptable IO global object set up in bug 380813 is apparently only set up in browser chrome windows.  It doesn't seem to be present in JS components, which significantly reduces the utility of the API.

This might be in the wrong component (as in, the fix might need to be on the DOM/XPConnect end of things).

Comment 1

[Mark Finkle (:mfinkle) (use needinfo?)]

This isn't limited to Scriptable IO. No "JavaScript Global Property" type objects appear in JS components.

The workaround was mentioned in bug 380813 comment 7:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380813#c7

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

> No "JavaScript Global Property" type objects appear in JS components.

Perhaps that's what should be fixed in general?

> The workaround was mentioned

Sure, but that contract is non-discoverable (not documented anywhere, not in any place where one could expect to find it, etc).

Comment 3

[Neil Deakin]

Documentation is on my list of things which I've started yet haven't finished but still need to do for 1.9.

Comment 4

[Benjamin Smedberg]

We've lived with similar issues (with XMLHttpRequest and others) for a while; can't block on this.