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nsIDOMMessageEvent

IID:3CF6163E-0227-49D9-B52B-F061828FB9B8
Inherits From:nsIDOMEvent

The nsIDOMMessageEvent interface is used for server-sent events and for cross-domain messaging.

For more information on this interface, please see http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/section-event0.html#event0

Properties

readonly DOMString data

Custom string data associated with this event.

readonly DOMString domain

The domain of the site from which this event originated.

readonly nsIDOMWindow source

The window which originated this event.

readonly DOMString uri

The URI of the site from which this event was created.

Methods

void initMessageEvent ( DOMString type , PRBool canBubble , PRBool cancelable , DOMString data , DOMString domain , DOMString URI , nsIDOMWindow source ) void initMessageEventNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString type , PRBool canBubble , PRBool cancelable , DOMString data , DOMString domain , DOMString URI , nsIDOMWindow source )

void initMessageEvent ( DOMString type , PRBool canBubble , PRBool cancelable , DOMString data , DOMString domain , DOMString URI , nsIDOMWindow source )

Initializes this event with the given data, in a manner analogous to the similarly-named method on the nsIDOMEvent interface, also setting the data, domain, uri, and source attributes of this appropriately.

Arguments:
type
canBubble
cancelable
data
domain
URI
source

void initMessageEventNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString type , PRBool canBubble , PRBool cancelable , DOMString data , DOMString domain , DOMString URI , nsIDOMWindow source )

Initializes this event with the given data, in a manner analogous to the similarly-named method on the Event interface, also setting the data, domain, uri, and source attributes of this appropriately.

Arguments:
namespaceURI
type
canBubble
cancelable
data
domain
URI
source

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