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* Summary/Comparison of current File APIs used by JS engines [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p9uiX8MUHeTiP0kPT591RUw ServerJS File Object Survey] | * Summary/Comparison of current File APIs used by JS engines [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p9uiX8MUHeTiP0kPT591RUw ServerJS File Object Survey] | ||
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Revision as of 23:28, 24 March 2009
Prior Art
- Microsoft Scripting.FileSystemObject. Used in classic ASP, WSH, HTAs.
- JavaScript File object proposal (~1998)
- Spidermonkey File object
- Synchronet provides a File Class that was originally inspired by SpiderMonkey's jsfile.c, but has been widely used and enhanced over the years.
- Ejscript's File class is still evolving, but is fairly comprehensive. It supports stackable streams such as BinaryStream, StringStream. It can also do I/O to and from a ByteArray class.
- JSExt.File
- jslibs jsio module
- wxJavascript IO module
- v8cgi has a File and Directory interfaces
- helma has two File apis. One deprecated and one current
- adobe's extendscript has a File constructor.Documentation is difficult to find online.
- generic collection/document resource (java) api (work in process)
- Opera Software's File I/O API for widgets, which will probably be standardized by the W3C Web API Working Group.
Requirements/Proposals
- Summary/Comparison of current File APIs used by JS engines ServerJS File Object Survey
- File API preferences questionnaire