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Call a JavaScript Function Returning an Array

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Demonstrates how to call a JavaScript function that returns an array. Go

    success := false

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The Javascript functions called in this example are shown at the bottom of this page.
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    sbScript := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    success = sbScript.LoadFile("js_function_returning_array.js","utf-8")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(sbScript.LastErrorText())
        sbScript.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    js := chilkat.NewJs()

    result := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    result.SetEmitCompact(false)

    // Call Eval to add the function to the context's global object
    success = js.Eval(sbScript,result)
    if success == false {
        // Examine the result for an exception.
        fmt.Println(*result.Emit())

        // Also examine the LastErrorText.
        fmt.Println(js.LastErrorText())
        sbScript.DisposeStringBuilder()
        js.DisposeJs()
        result.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Call each function

    funcCall := chilkat.NewJsonObject()

    // Create JSON specifying the function name and arguments
    // The function has no arguments, so we only specify the name.

    funcCall.UpdateString("name","getDays")

    success = js.CallFunction(funcCall,result)
    if success == false {
        // Examine the result for an exception.
        fmt.Println(*result.Emit())

        // Also examine the LastErrorText.
        fmt.Println(js.LastErrorText())
        sbScript.DisposeStringBuilder()
        js.DisposeJs()
        result.DisposeJsonObject()
        funcCall.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(*result.Emit())

    // Output:
    // {
    //   "type": "array",
    //   "value": [
    //     "Monday",
    //     "Tuesday",
    //     "Wednesday",
    //     "Thursday",
    //     "Friday"
    //   ]
    // }

    // Access each array value..
    count := result.SizeOfArray("value")
    i := 0
    for i < count {
        result.SetI(i)
        fmt.Println(*result.StringOf("value[i]"))
        i = i + 1
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Call the getRange(start,end) function

    funcCall.Clear()
    funcCall.UpdateString("name","getRange")
    funcCall.UpdateInt("args[0]",14)
    funcCall.UpdateInt("args[1]",21)
    success = js.CallFunction(funcCall,result)
    fmt.Println(*result.Emit())

    // Output:
    // {
    //   "type": "array",
    //   "value": [
    //     14,
    //     15,
    //     16,
    //     17,
    //     18,
    //     19,
    //     20,
    //     21
    //   ]
    // }

    count = result.SizeOfArray("value")
    i = 0
    for i < count {
        result.SetI(i)
        fmt.Println(result.IntOf("value[i]"))
        i = i + 1
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Call the getEmployees() function

    funcCall.Clear()
    funcCall.UpdateString("name","getEmployees")
    success = js.CallFunction(funcCall,result)
    fmt.Println(*result.Emit())

    // Output:
    // {
    //   "type": "array",
    //   "value": [
    //     {
    //       "id": 101,
    //       "name": "Alice",
    //       "role": "Dev"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": 102,
    //       "name": "Bob",
    //       "role": "Manager"
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

    count = result.SizeOfArray("value")
    i = 0
    for i < count {
        result.SetI(i)
        fmt.Println("name: ", *result.StringOf("value[i].name"))
        fmt.Println("role: ", *result.StringOf("value[i].role"))
        fmt.Println("id: ", result.IntOf("value[i].id"))
        fmt.Println("")
        i = i + 1
    }


    sbScript.DisposeStringBuilder()
    js.DisposeJs()
    result.DisposeJsonObject()
    funcCall.DisposeJsonObject()