New Post: Returning Javascript arrays from HostObjects

Hi, I am new to the project and I wanted to change over to ClearScript for my SignalR example BoardGame from a different V8 engine host.

In my existing sample, there was an "immediate window" that allowed people to type arbitrary script and have it executed against the currently running script engine. That script was:

var tokens = map.GetTokenList();
for (var i=0; i<tokens.length; i++)
{
tokens[i].X=50i; tokens[i].Y=50i;
}

map refers to a hosted object. GetTokenList is a public method on that instance that returns (currently) a Token[]. So a .NET array was returned. I guess the previous engine was converting that to a JavaScript array, because as you can see the length of the array is accessed via "length", the JavaScript array method for counting the contents.

I struggled getting the exact same code to work when I replaced the engine with ClearScript. But then I figured out that, in this context, tokens was really a .NET array and hadn't been converted, so simply changing the lowercase l to an uppercase L worked, as in:

var tokens = map.GetTokenList();
for (var i=0; i<tokens.Length; i++)
{
tokens[i].X=50i; tokens[i].Y=50i;
}

Not that I am saying this code or sample is ideal, but I was curious if there is a way in the engine to instantiate V8 types (JavaScript types). In other words, could my .NET code instantiate a JavaScript array and return it from a .NET method call. I'm guessing the other engine just does that somehow.

I looked at the FAQ and saw a section on creating arrays from script using the HostFunctions object, but I don't think that is quite what I am going for. I want to be able to return a native JavaScipt array from the host.

It's also possible there is some disconnect between the project and the NuGet package. I used the following to import ClearScript anf get going: Install-Package ClearScript.V8

And it installed and reported: "Successfully added 'ClearScript.V8 5.3.10.0' to GameServer."

Thanks for any insight,
Chris