Static Perl fields and properties from NodeJs package

This article provides an introduction to cross-technology handling of static fields and properties.
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With Javonet you can interact with static field and properties from NodeJs package like they were available in Perl but invocation must be performed through Javonet SDK API.

Get/Set static Perl field from custom NodeJs package

With Javonet it is possible to reference any custom NodeJs package and interact with public static fields and properties declared on types defined within that module almost the same as with any other Perl library.

Snippet below represents the sample code from NodeJs package which contains class with fields:

class TestClass {

    publicValue;
    #privateValue;
    static staticValue = 3;
    
    constructor(first, second) {
    	this.publicValue = first;
    	this.#privateValue = second;
    }
}

module.exports = TestClasspublicValue;
#privateValue;
static staticValue = 3;

constructor(first, second) {
	this.publicValue = first;
	this.#privateValue = second;
}

It is possible to get one of the declared static fields from NodeJs package using following Perl code.

use strict;
use warnings;
use aliased 'Javonet::Javonet' => 'Javonet';

my $resources_directory = ".";

# use activate only once in your app
Javonet->activate("your-license-key");

# create Nodejs runtime context
my $nodejs_runtime = Javonet->in_memory()->nodejs();

# set up variables
my $library_path = "${resources_directory}/TestClass.js";
my $class_name = "TestClass";

# load Nodejs custom library
$nodejs_runtime->load_library($library_path);

# get type from the runtime
my $nodejs_type = $nodejs_runtime->get_type($class_name)->execute();

# get type's static field
my $response = $nodejs_type->get_static_field("staticValue")->execute();

# get value from response
my $result = $response->get_value();

# print result to console
print("$result\n");
class TestClass {

    publicValue;
    #privateValue;
    static staticValue = 3;
    
    constructor(first, second) {
    	this.publicValue = first;
    	this.#privateValue = second;
    }
}

module.exports = TestClass# use activate only once in your app
Javonet->activate("your-license-key");

# create Nodejs runtime context
my $nodejs_runtime = Javonet->in_memory()->nodejs();

# set up variables
my $library_path = "${resources_directory}/TestClass.js";
my $class_name = "TestClass";

# load Nodejs custom library
$nodejs_runtime->load_library($library_path);

# get type from the runtime
my $nodejs_type = $nodejs_runtime->get_type($class_name)->execute();

# get type's static field
my $response = $nodejs_type->get_static_field("staticValue")->execute();

# get value from response
my $result = $response->get_value();

# print result to console
print("$result\n");

This uses in memory runtime bridging to load the NodeJs package, and next retrieves reference to specific type and gets the static field. Result of the invocation is returned as regular Perl value and can be used for further processing. It is possible to set one of the declared static fields from NodeJs package using following Perl code.

use strict;
use warnings;
use aliased 'Javonet::Javonet' => 'Javonet';

my $resources_directory = ".";

# use activate only once in your app
Javonet->activate("your-license-key");

# create Nodejs runtime context
my $nodejs_runtime = Javonet->in_memory()->nodejs();

# set up variables
my $library_path = "${resources_directory}/TestClass.js";
my $class_name = "TestClass";

# load Nodejs custom library
$nodejs_runtime->load_library($library_path);

# get type from the runtime
my $nodejs_type = $nodejs_runtime->get_type($class_name)->execute();

# set type's static field
$nodejs_type->set_static_field("staticValue", 75)->execute();

# get type's static field
my $response = $nodejs_type->get_static_field("staticValue")->execute();

# get value from response
my $result = $response->get_value();

# print result to console
print("$result\n");
class TestClass {

    publicValue;
    #privateValue;
    static staticValue = 3;
    
    constructor(first, second) {
    	this.publicValue = first;
    	this.#privateValue = second;
    }
}

module.exports = TestClass# use activate only once in your app
Javonet->activate("your-license-key");

# create Nodejs runtime context
my $nodejs_runtime = Javonet->in_memory()->nodejs();

# set up variables
my $library_path = "${resources_directory}/TestClass.js";
my $class_name = "TestClass";

# load Nodejs custom library
$nodejs_runtime->load_library($library_path);

# get type from the runtime
my $nodejs_type = $nodejs_runtime->get_type($class_name)->execute();

# set type's static field
$nodejs_type->set_static_field("staticValue", 75)->execute();

# get type's static field
my $response = $nodejs_type->get_static_field("staticValue")->execute();

# get value from response
my $result = $response->get_value();

# print result to console
print("$result\n");

This uses in memory runtime bridging to load the NodeJs package, and next retrieves reference to specific type, then sets and gets the static field. Result of the invocation is returned as regular Perl value and can be used for further processing.

Get/Set static Perl field from standard NodeJs package

The same steps are required to get types and fields from framework NodeJs package:

use strict;
use warnings;
use aliased 'Javonet::Javonet' => 'Javonet';

my $resources_directory = ".";

# use activate only once in your app
Javonet->activate("your-license-key");

# create Nodejs runtime context
my $nodejs_runtime = Javonet->in_memory()->nodejs();

# get type from the runtime
my $nodejs_type = $nodejs_runtime->get_type("Math")->execute();

# get type's static field
my $response = $nodejs_type->get_static_field("PI")->execute();

# get value from response
my $result = $response->get_value();

# print result to console
print("$result\n");
class TestClass {

    // empty
}

module.exports = TestClass# use activate only once in your app
Javonet->activate("your-license-key");

# create Nodejs runtime context
my $nodejs_runtime = Javonet->in_memory()->nodejs();

# get type from the runtime
my $nodejs_type = $nodejs_runtime->get_type("Math")->execute();

# get type's static field
my $response = $nodejs_type->get_static_field("PI")->execute();

# get value from response
my $result = $response->get_value();

# print result to console
print("$result\n");

The same operation can be performed remotely by just changing the new Runtime Context invocation from in memory to tcp that will create and interact with your NodeJs package objects on any remote node, container or service that hosts Javonet Code Gateway. This way you can preserve the same logic in your application and instantly switch between monolithic and microservices architecture without the need to implement the integration layer based on web services or other remote invocation methods.

Read more about use cases and software architecture scenarios where Javonet runtime bridging technology can support your development process.

Static Perl fields and properties from NodeJs package

Get/Set static Perl field from custom NodeJs package

Get/Set static Perl field from standard NodeJs package

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