Glossary
Contents	Last updated: Thu, 17 Aug 2006

Index

Symbols

- (bitwise NOT) operator 1

- (unary negation) operator 1

-- (decrement) operator 1

! (logical NOT) operator 1

!= (not equal) operator 1

!== (strict not equal) operator 1

% (modulus) operator 1

%= operator 1

&& (logical AND) operator 1

& (bitwise AND) operator 1

&= operator 1

*/ comment 1

*= operator 1

+ (string concatenation) operator 1

++ (increment) operator 1

+= (string concatenation) operator 1

+= operator 1

/* comment 1

// comment 1

/= operator 1

< (less than) operator 1

<< (left shift) operator 1, 2

<<= operator 1

<= (less than or equal) operator 1

== (equal) operator 1

=== (strict equal) operator 1

-= operator 1

> (greater than) operator 1

>= (greater than or equal) operator 1

>> (sign-propagating right shift) operator 1, 2

>>= operator 1

>>> (zero-fill right shift) operator 1, 2

>>>= operator 1

?: (conditional) operator 1

^ (bitwise XOR) operator 1

^= operator 1

| (bitwise OR) operator 1

|= operator 1

|| (logical OR) operator 1

(comma) operator 1

Numerics

1.5 features 1

A

AND (&&) logical operator 1

AND (&) bitwise operator 1

anonymous functions 1

arguments array 1

arithmetic operators 1

% (modulus) 1

-- (decrement) 1

- (unary negation) 1

++ (increment) 1

Array object

creating 1

overview 1

arrays

associative 1

defined 1

deleting elements 1

indexing 1

Java 1

literals 1

populating 1

referring to elements 1

regular expressions and 1

two-dimensional 1

undefined elements 1

ASCII

glossary entry 1

Unicode and 1

assignment operators 1

%= 1

&= 1

*= 1

+= 1

/= 1

<<= 1

-= 1

>>= 1

>>>= 1

^= 1

|= 1

conditional statements and 1

defined 1

B

bitwise operators 1

& (AND) 1

- (NOT) 1

<< (left shift) 1, 2

>> (sign-propagating right shift) 1, 2

>>> (zero-fill right shift) 1, 2

^ (XOR) 1

| (OR) 1

logical 1

shift 1

BLOb, glossary entry 1

Boolean literals 1

Boolean object 1

conditional tests and 1, 2

Boolean type conversions (LiveConnect) 1

booleanValue method 1

break statement 1

C

capturing parentheses

parentheses

capturing 1

case sensitivity 1

object names 1

property names 1

regular expressions and 1

case statement

See switch statement 1

catching exceptions 1

CGI, glossary entry 1

char arguments 1

class-based languages, defined 1

classes

defining 1

Java 1

LiveConnect 1, 2

client

glossary entry 1

client-side JavaScript 1

glossary entry 1

comma () operator 1

comments, types of 1

comment statement 1

comparison operators 1

!= (not equal) 1

!== (strict not equal) 1

< (less than) 1

<= (less than or equal) 1

== (equal) 1

=== (strict equal) 1

> (greater than) 1

>= (greater than or equal) 1

conditional (?:) operator 1

conditional expressions 1

conditional statements 1, 2

if...else 1

switch 1

conditional tests

assignment operators and 1

conditional tests, Boolean objects and 1, 2

constant 1

constants 1

constructor functions 1

global information in 1

initializing property values with 1

containership

specifying default object 1

with statement and 1

continue statement 1

CORBA, glossary entry 1

core JavaScript, glossary entry 1

D

data types

Boolean conversions 1

converting 1

converting with LiveConnect 1, 2

and Date object 1

JavaArray conversions 1

JavaClass conversions 1

JavaObject conversions 1

in JavaScript 1, 2

JavaScript to Java conversion 1

Java to JavaScript conversion 1

null conversions 1

number conversions 1

other conversions 1

string conversions 1

undefined conversions 1

Date object

creating 1

overview 1

decrement (--) operator 1

default objects, specifying 1

delete operator 1, 2

deleting

array elements 1

objects 1, 2

properties 1

deprecate, glossary entry 1

directories, conventions used 1

do...while statement 1

document conventions 1

E

ECMA, glossary entry 1

ECMAScript, glossary entry 1

ECMA specification 1, 2

JavaScript documentation and 1

JavaScript versions and 1

terminology 1

else statement

See if...else statement 1

escape function 1

escaping characters 1

Unicode 1

eval function 1

exceptions 1

catching 1

handling 1, 2

handling in Java 1

Java, handling in JavaScript 1

throwing 1

exec method 1

expressions

See also regular expressions 1

conditional 1

overview 1

that return no value 1

types of 1

external functions, glossary entry 1

F

floating-point literals 1

floatValue method 1

for...in statement 1, 2

for loops

continuation of 1

sequence of execution 1

termination of 1

for statement 1

function keyword 1

Function object 1

functions 1

arguments array 1

calling 1

defining 1

Function object 1

predefined 1

recursive 1

using built-in 1

functions in expressions 1

G

getDay method 1

getHours method 1

getMember method 1

getMinutes method 1

getSeconds method 1

getters 1

getTime method 1

global object 1

greedy quantifiers 1

H

HTML

glossary entry 1

HTTP

glossary entry 1

I

if...else statement 1

increment (++) operator 1

inheritance

class-based languages and 1

multiple 1

property 1

initializers for objects 1

in operator 1

instanceof operator 1, 2

integers, in JavaScript 1

internationalization 1

IP address, glossary entry 1

isFinite function 1

isNaN function 1

J

Java

See also LiveConnect 1

accessing JavaScript 1

accessing with LiveConnect 1

arrays in JavaScript 1

calling from JavaScript 1

classes 1

communication with JavaScript 1, 2

compared to JavaScript 1, 2, 3

exceptions in JavaScript 1

to JavaScript communication 1

JavaScript exceptions and 1

methods requiring char arguments 1

objects, naming in JavaScript 1

object wrappers 1

packages 1

JavaArray object 1, 2

JavaArray type conversions 1

JavaClass object 1, 2

JavaClass type conversions (LiveConnect) 1

JavaObject object 1, 2

JavaObject type conversions 1

java package 1

JavaPackage object 1, 2

JavaScript

accessing from Java 1

background for using 1

communication with Java 1, 2

compared to Java 1, 2, 3

differences between server and client 1

ECMA specification and 1

to Java Communication 1

object wrappers 1

overview 1

special characters 1

versions and Navigator 1

JSException class 1, 2

JSObject, accessing JavaScript with 1

JSObject class 1

L

labeled statements

with break 1

with continue 1

label statement 1

left shift (<<) operator 1, 2

length property 1

links

with no destination 1

literals 1

Array 1

Boolean 1

floating point 1

integers 1

object 1

string 1

LiveConnect 1, 2

accessing Java directly 1

converting data types 1, 2

glossary entry 1

Java to JavaScript communication 1

objects 1

logical operators 1

! (NOT) 1

&& (AND) 1

|| (OR) 1

short-circuit evaluation 1

lookahead assertions 1

loops

continuation of 1

for...in 1

termination of 1

loop statements 1, 2

break 1

continue 1

do...while 1

for 1

label 1

while 1

lowercase 1

M

matching patterns

See regular expressions 1

match method 1

Math object 1

methods

defined 1

defining 1

static 1

MIME, glossary entry 1

modulus (%) operator 1

N

Navigator, JavaScript versions supported 1

Navigator JavaScript. See client-side JavaScript 1

netscape package 1

Netscape packages

See packages 1

new operator 1, 2

non-capturing parentheses 1

parentheses

non-capturing 1

NOT (!) logical operator 1

NOT (-) bitwise operator 1

null keyword 1

null value conversions (LiveConnect) 1

number formatting 1

Number function 1

Number object 1

numbers

Number object 1

parsing from strings 1

number type conversions (LiveConnect) 1

O

object manipulation statements

for...in 1

this keyword 1

with statement 1

object model 1, 2

objects 1, 2

adding properties 1, 2

confirming property type for 1

constructor function for 1

creating 1, 2

creating new types 1

deleting 1, 2

determining type of 1

establishing default 1

getting list of properties for 1

indexing properties 1

inheritance 1

initializers for 1

iterating properties 1

JavaScript in Java 1

literals 1

LiveConnect 1

model of 1, 2

overview 1

predefined 1

single instances of 1

operators

arithmetic 1

assignment 1

bitwise 1

comparison 1

defined 1

instanceof 1

logical 1

order of 1

overview 1

precedence 1

special 1

string 1

OR (|) bitwise operator 1

OR (||) logical operator 1

P

packages, Java 1

Packages object 1

parentheses,non-capturing 1

parentheses in regular expressions 1, 2

parseFloat function 1

parseInt function 1

parse method 1

pattern matching

See regular expressions 1

PI property 1

predefined objects 1

primitive value, glossary entry 1

properties

adding 1, 2

class-based languages and 1

confirming object type for 1

creating 1

getting list of for an object 1

indexing 1

inheritance 1, 2

initializing with constructors 1

iterating for an object 1

overview 1

static 1

prototype-based languages, defined 1

prototypes 1

Q

quotation marks

for string literals 1

R

readonly constant,global constant 1

RegExp object 1, 2

regular expressions 1, 2

arrays and 1

creating 1

defined 1

examples of 1

global search with 1

ignoring case 1

parentheses in 1, 2

remembering substrings 1, 2

special characters in 1, 2

using 1

writing patterns 1

replace method 1

return statement 1

runtime errors 1

S

search method 1

server-side JavaScript 1

glossary entry 1

setDay method 1

setters 1

setTime method 1

short-circuit evaluation 1

sign-propagating right shift (>>) operator 1, 2

special characters in regular expressions 1, 2

special operators 1

split method 1

statements

break 1

conditional 1, 2

continue 1

do...while 1

exception handling 1, 2

for 1

for...in 1

if...else 1

label 1

loop 1, 2

object manipulation 1, 2

overview 1, 2

switch 1

while 1

static, glossary entry 1

String function 1

string literals 1

Unicode in 1

String object

overview 1

regular expressions and 1

strings

changing order using regular expressions 1

concatenating 1

operators for 1

regular expressions and 1

searching for patterns 1

type conversions (LiveConnect) 1

subclasses 1

sun package 1

switch statement 1

T

test method 1

this keyword 1, 2

described 1

for object references 1

throwing exceptions 1

throw statement 1

toString method 1

try...catch statement 1

typeof operator 1

U

unary negation (-) operator 1

undefined property 1

undefined value 1

conversions (LiveConnect) 1

unescape function 1

Unicode 1, 2

described 1

escape sequences 1

string literals and 1

Unicode Consortium 1

values for special characters 1

uppercase 1

URLs

conventions used 1

glossary entry 1

V

variables

declaring 1

in JavaScript 1

naming 1

scope of 1

undefined 1

var statement 1

versions of JavaScript 1

void operator 1

W

while loops

continuation of 1

termination of 1

while statement 1

with statement

described 1

wrappers

for Java objects 1

for JavaScript objects 1

WWW, glossary entry 1

X

XOR (^) operator 1

Z

zero-fill right shift (>>>) operator 1, 2

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Contents	Last updated: Thu, 17 Aug 2006