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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>coffee-script.coffee</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="docco.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="background"></div> <div id="jump_to"> Jump To &hellip; <div id="jump_wrapper"> <div id="jump_page"> <a class="source" href="cake.html"> cake.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="coffee-script.html"> coffee-script.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="command.html"> command.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="grammar.html"> grammar.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="helpers.html"> helpers.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="index.html"> index.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="lexer.html"> lexer.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="nodes.html"> nodes.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="optparse.html"> optparse.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="repl.html"> repl.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="rewriter.html"> rewriter.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="scope.html"> scope.coffee </a> </div> </div> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <thead> <tr> <th class="docs"> <h1> coffee-script.coffee </h1> </th> <th class="code"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr id="section-1"> <td class="docs"> <div class="octowrap"> <a class="octothorpe" href="#section-1">#</a> </div> <p>CoffeeScript can be used both on the server, as a command-line compiler based
on Node.js/V8, or to run CoffeeScripts directly in the browser. This module
contains the main entry functions for tokenzing, parsing, and compiling source
CoffeeScript into JavaScript.</p>
<p>If included on a webpage, it will automatically sniff out, compile, and
execute all scripts present in <code>text/coffeescript</code> tags.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-2"> <td class="docs"> <div class="octowrap"> <a class="octothorpe" href="#section-2">#</a> </div> <p>Set up dependencies correctly for both the server and the browser.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">if</span> <span class="nx">process</span><span class="o">?</span>
<span class="nv">path: </span> <span class="nx">require</span> <span class="s1">&#39;path&#39;</span>
<span class="nv">Lexer: </span> <span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;./lexer&#39;</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">Lexer</span>
<span class="nv">parser: </span> <span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;./parser&#39;</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">parser</span>
<span class="nv">helpers: </span> <span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;./helpers&#39;</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">helpers</span>
<span class="nx">helpers</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">extend</span> <span class="nx">global</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">require</span> <span class="s1">&#39;./nodes&#39;</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">registerExtension</span>
<span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">registerExtension</span> <span class="s1">&#39;.coffee&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">content</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="nx">compile</span> <span class="nx">content</span>
<span class="k">else</span>
<span class="k">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nv">exports: </span><span class="k">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nv">CoffeeScript: </span><span class="p">{}</span>
<span class="nv">Lexer: </span> <span class="k">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Lexer</span>
<span class="nv">parser: </span> <span class="k">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">parser</span>
<span class="nv">helpers: </span> <span class="k">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">helpers</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-3"> <td class="docs"> <div class="octowrap"> <a class="octothorpe" href="#section-3">#</a> </div> <p>The current CoffeeScript version number.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.VERSION: </span><span class="s1">&#39;0.7.2&#39;</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-4"> <td class="docs"> <div class="octowrap"> <a class="octothorpe" href="#section-4">#</a> </div> <p>Instantiate a Lexer for our use here.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">lexer: </span><span class="k">new</span> <span class="nx">Lexer</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-5"> <td class="docs"> <div class="octowrap"> <a class="octothorpe" href="#section-5">#</a> </div> <p>Compile a string of CoffeeScript code to JavaScript, using the Coffee/Jison
compiler.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.compile: compile: </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="nv">options: </span><span class="o">or</span> <span class="p">{}</span>
<span class="k">try</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">parser</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">parse</span> <span class="nx">lexer</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">tokenize</span> <span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">compile</span> <span class="nx">options</span>
<span class="k">catch</span> <span class="nx">err</span>
<span class="nv">err.message: </span><span class="s2">&quot;In $options.source, $err.message&quot;</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">source</span>
<span class="k">throw</span> <span class="nx">err</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-6"> <td class="docs"> <div class="octowrap"> <a class="octothorpe" href="#section-6">#</a> </div> <p>Tokenize a string of CoffeeScript code, and return the array of tokens.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.tokens: </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="nx">lexer</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">tokenize</span> <span class="nx">code</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-7"> <td class="docs"> <div class="octowrap"> <a class="octothorpe" href="#section-7">#</a> </div> <p>Tokenize and parse a string of CoffeeScript code, and return the AST. You can
then compile it by calling <code>.compile()</code> on the root, or traverse it by using
<code>.traverse()</code> with a callback.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.nodes: </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="nx">parser</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">parse</span> <span class="nx">lexer</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">tokenize</span> <span class="nx">code</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-8"> <td class="docs"> <div class="octowrap"> <a class="octothorpe" href="#section-8">#</a> </div> <p>Compile and execute a string of CoffeeScript (on the server), correctly
setting <code>__filename</code>, <code>__dirname</code>, and relative <code>require()</code>.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.run: </span><span class="p">((</span><span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="nv">module.filename: __filename: </span><span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">source</span>
<span class="nv">__dirname: </span><span class="nx">path</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">dirname</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">__filename</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="nb">eval</span> <span class="nx">exports</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">compile</span> <span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span>
<span class="p">)</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-9"> <td class="docs"> <div class="octowrap"> <a class="octothorpe" href="#section-9">#</a> </div> <p>The real Lexer produces a generic stream of tokens. This object provides a
thin wrapper around it, compatible with the Jison API. We can then pass it
directly as a "Jison lexer".</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">parser.lexer: </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nv">lex: </span><span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="nv">token: </span><span class="nx">@tokens</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">@pos</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">or</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="vi">@pos: </span><span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
<span class="k">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nv">yylineno: </span><span class="nx">token</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="k">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nv">yytext: </span> <span class="nx">token</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="nx">token</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="nv">setInput: </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">tokens</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="vi">@tokens: </span><span class="nx">tokens</span>
<span class="vi">@pos: </span><span class="mi">0</span>
<span class="nv">upcomingInput: </span><span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="p">}</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-10"> <td class="docs"> <div class="octowrap"> <a class="octothorpe" href="#section-10">#</a> </div> <p>Activate CoffeeScript in the browser by having it compile and evaluate
all script tags with a content-type of <code>text/coffeescript</code>. This happens
on page load. Unfortunately, the text contents of remote scripts cannot be
accessed from the browser, so only inline script tags will work.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">document</span><span class="o">?</span> <span class="o">and</span> <span class="nb">document</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">getElementsByTagName</span>
<span class="nv">processScripts: </span><span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="nx">tag</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="nb">document</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">getElementsByTagName</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;script&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">when</span> <span class="nx">tag</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">type</span> <span class="o">is</span> <span class="s1">&#39;text/coffeescript&#39;</span>
<span class="nb">eval</span> <span class="nx">exports</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">compile</span> <span class="nx">tag</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">innerHTML</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">window</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">addEventListener</span>
<span class="nb">window</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">addEventListener</span> <span class="s1">&#39;load&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">processScripts</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">false</span>
<span class="k">else</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">window</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">attachEvent</span>
<span class="nb">window</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">attachEvent</span> <span class="s1">&#39;onload&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">processScripts</span>
</pre></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </body> </html>