(Objective-C) Call a JavaScript Function Returning a Boolean

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

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#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <CkoJs.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>

BOOL success = NO;

// This is the JavaScript function we'll call:

// function isEven(number) {
//     return number % 2 === 0;
// }

CkoStringBuilder *sbScript = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[sbScript Append: @"function isEven(number) { return number % 2 === 0; }"];

CkoJs *js = [[CkoJs alloc] init];

CkoJsonObject *result = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
result.EmitCompact = NO;

// Call Eval to add the function to the context's global object
success = [js Eval: sbScript result: result];
if (success == NO) {
    // Examine the result for an exception.
    NSLog(@"%@",[result Emit]);

    // Also examine the LastErrorText.
    NSLog(@"%@",js.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Call the function isEven(8)

CkoJsonObject *funcCall = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];

// Create JSON specifying the function name and arguments

// {
//   "name": "isEven",
//   "args": [ 8 ]
// }

[funcCall UpdateString: @"name" value: @"isEven"];
[funcCall UpdateInt: @"args[0]" value: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 8]];

success = [js CallFunction: funcCall result: result];
if (success == NO) {
    // Examine the result for an exception.
    NSLog(@"%@",[result Emit]);

    // Also examine the LastErrorText.
    NSLog(@"%@",js.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",[result Emit]);

// Output:
// {
//   "type": "bool",
//   "value": true
// }

BOOL retval = [result BoolOf: @"value"];
NSLog(@"%d",retval);

// Output:
// YES