Package-level declarations
Types
A subclass of Deserializer
corresponding to the format written by DefaultSerializer
.
A subclass of Serializer
that serializes TypedArray
(in particular Buffer
) and DataView
objects as host objects, and only stores the part of their underlying ArrayBuffer
s that they are referring to.
This API collects GC data in current thread.
Key events in the lifetime of a promise have been categorized into four areas: creation of a promise, before/after a continuation handler is called or around an await, and when the promise resolves or rejects.
Properties
Functions
Returns an integer representing a version tag derived from the V8 version, command-line flags, and detected CPU features. This is useful for determining whether a vm.Script
cachedData
buffer is compatible with this instance of V8.
Uses a DefaultDeserializer
with default options to read a JS value from a buffer.
Get statistics about code and its metadata in the heap, see V8 GetHeapCodeAndMetadataStatistics
API. Returns an object with the following properties:
Generates a snapshot of the current V8 heap and returns a Readable Stream that may be used to read the JSON serialized representation. This JSON stream format is intended to be used with tools such as Chrome DevTools. The JSON schema is undocumented and specific to the V8 engine. Therefore, the schema may change from one version of V8 to the next.
Returns statistics about the V8 heap spaces, i.e. the segments which make up the V8 heap. Neither the ordering of heap spaces, nor the availability of a heap space can be guaranteed as the statistics are provided via the V8 GetHeapSpaceStatistics
function and may change from one V8 version to the next.
Returns an object with the following properties:
This is similar to the queryObjects()
console API provided by the Chromium DevTools console. It can be used to search for objects that have the matching constructor on its prototype chain in the heap after a full garbage collection, which can be useful for memory leak regression tests. To avoid surprising results, users should avoid using this API on constructors whose implementation they don't control, or on constructors that can be invoked by other parties in the application.
The v8.setFlagsFromString()
method can be used to programmatically set V8 command-line flags. This method should be used with care. Changing settings after the VM has started may result in unpredictable behavior, including crashes and data loss; or it may simply do nothing.
The API is a no-op if --heapsnapshot-near-heap-limit
is already set from the command line or the API is called more than once. limit
must be a positive integer. See --heapsnapshot-near-heap-limit
for more information.
The v8.stopCoverage()
method allows the user to stop the coverage collection started by NODE_V8_COVERAGE
, so that V8 can release the execution count records and optimize code. This can be used in conjunction with {@link takeCoverage} if the user wants to collect the coverage on demand.
The v8.takeCoverage()
method allows the user to write the coverage started by NODE_V8_COVERAGE
to disk on demand. This method can be invoked multiple times during the lifetime of the process. Each time the execution counter will be reset and a new coverage report will be written to the directory specified by NODE_V8_COVERAGE
.
Generates a snapshot of the current V8 heap and writes it to a JSON file. This file is intended to be used with tools such as Chrome DevTools. The JSON schema is undocumented and specific to the V8 engine, and may change from one version of V8 to the next.