Global JavaScript scope

This document describes functions in the global scope available in the JavaScript environment for app serivices.

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Global functions

log(expression)

Evaluates the given expression and prints the result to the log file of the app instance using the flag LOG_APP. The function works similar to the console.log function in browsers.

Example:

log("hello world");
log("3 + 5 = " + (3 + 5));
log("message: " + JSON.stringify({ mt: "SomeMessage", value: 5 }));

07-29 17:05:08.982 generic@test.com JS: hello world
07-29 17:05:08.993 generic@test.com JS: 3 + 5 = 8
07-29 17:05:09.130 generic@test.com JS: message: {"mt":"SomeMessage","value":5}

hexdump(data)

Prints a hexdump of the given data to the log file of the app instance using the flag LOG_APP. Note that data can be a string or a Uint8Array.

Example:

hexdump("hello");
hexdump(new Uint8Array([0xff, 0xfe, 0xfd]));

07-29 17:05:08.993 generic@test.com JS:  020c816c: 68 65 6c 6c 6f                                     hello
07-29 17:05:09.130 generic@test.com JS:  020755b8: ff fe fd                                           ...