Subj : Re: Rhino: how to use the 'this' keyword in JS
To   : mesuti@aciworldwide.com
From : Igor Bukanov <igor@fastmail.fm>
Date : Mon Mar 15 2004 03:33 pm

mesuti@aciworldwide.com wrote:
> I want to use 'this' keyword in JS.
> 
> I defined a property called 'MyID' and I want to use it inside the JS with
> and without "this" keyword. can anybody tell me how to do that?
> 
> 
> 
> code snippet:
> 
> 
> Context cx = Context.enter();
> Scriptable scope = cx.initStandardObjects(null);
> 
> Scriptable id = cx.toObject(new String("012345"), scope);
> scope.put("MyID", scope, id);
> ...
> ...
> 
> 
> JS:
> var myid  = MyID;         //this must be possible
> var myid2 = this.MyID;    //this must also be possible
> 

That should work since for scripts 'this' defaults to the scope. Also 
note that if you want to store a string in MyID, you can simply call:

scope.put("MyID", scope, "012345");

Regards, Igor

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