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<code>nsJetpack</code> contains functionality that exposes many SpiderMonkey C API calls to JavaScript, allowing chrome code to create custom membranes (aka wrappers) that allow trusted and untrusted code to interoperate. | <code>nsJetpack</code> contains functionality that exposes many SpiderMonkey C API calls to JavaScript, allowing chrome code to create custom membranes (aka wrappers) that allow trusted and untrusted code to interoperate. | ||
Aside from security, however, this functionality can also be used to implement APIs that can't normally be implemented using the JavaScript language, such as the <code>window.localStorage</code> interface in HTML5. | |||
The source code for this functionality is in [http://hg.mozilla.org/labs/jetpack/file/tip/components/src/wrapper.cpp wrapper.cpp]. | The source code for this functionality is in [http://hg.mozilla.org/labs/jetpack/file/tip/components/src/wrapper.cpp wrapper.cpp]. | ||