feat: add TextEncoder/TextDecoder and atob/btoa on a lazy-global tier - #2026
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Mirrors NativeScript/ios#448: native WHATWG TextEncoder/TextDecoder (utf-8, utf-16le, utf-16be, windows-1252 with full label sets, streaming decode, exact replacement semantics) and forgiving-base64 atob/btoa, registered through a new lazy-global tier (LazyGlobals): each global is a SetLazyDataProperty on the global template, so the builtin behind it is compiled and run only on first read, once per isolate, with sibling names sharing the run through a RuntimeState slot. Unlike ios there is no metadata-interceptor decline hook — android has no global named-property interceptor, so none is needed. encodeInto registers a V8 Fast API overload (NATIVESCRIPT_ENABLE_FAST_API, default on), live on android's JIT tiers. Bumps the shared test suite for the 94 TextEncoding conformance specs and wires it into mainpage.js.
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participant JavaScript
participant LazyGlobals
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participant TextEncoding
JavaScript->>LazyGlobals: read global TextEncoder or TextDecoder
LazyGlobals->>BuiltinLoader: load text-encoding exports
BuiltinLoader->>TextEncoding: create native-backed exports
TextEncoding-->>BuiltinLoader: return encoding classes
BuiltinLoader-->>LazyGlobals: return cached exports
LazyGlobals-->>JavaScript: return the shared class object
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Matches the updated NativeScript/ios#448. The lazy tier's private exports cache generalizes into BuiltinLoader::GetExports, one per-isolate cache every entry point to a builtin shares — the ns:/node: module registry (whose per-specifier exports map it replaces), the lazy globals, and any binding factory. ns:util re-exports TextEncoder/TextDecoder as the very class objects the globals hold, lazily end to end (SetLazyDataProperty on the binding, getters in ns-util.js/node-util.js), and node:util forwards them as Node does.
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In `@docs/text-encoding.md`:
- Around line 36-40: Update the encodings documentation to associate the listed
WHATWG labels and unknown-label RangeError behavior with the TextDecoder
constructor, then explicitly state that TextEncoder is UTF-8-only and accepts no
label argument. Only document a broader TextEncoder contract if the
implementation intentionally supports it.
In `@test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/shared`:
- Line 1: Update the submodule gitlink to a commit that exists on its configured
remote, or publish commit 0f45dc8776207618c2dce3202f8767d2275dfb5a there before
merging; ensure fresh checkouts can resolve the submodule and run conformance
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In `@test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/testNsUtil.js`:
- Around line 35-50: Add an onerror handler to the Worker created in the
asynchronous test, calling fail with the worker error, terminating the worker,
and invoking done(); preserve the existing onmessage success and completion
logic.
In `@test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/TextEncoding.cpp`:
- Around line 398-410: Update the end-of-stream handling around
state.hasLeadByte and state.hasLeadSurrogate so each pending condition emits its
own U+FFFD in non-fatal mode, producing two replacements when both are present;
preserve fatal-mode reset and failure behavior.
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| return true; | ||
| } | ||
| if (state.hasLeadByte || state.hasLeadSurrogate) { | ||
| state.hasLeadByte = false; | ||
| state.hasLeadSurrogate = false; | ||
| if (fatal) { | ||
| state.Reset(); | ||
| return false; | ||
| } | ||
| out.Emit(kReplacementCharacter); | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Emit one replacement character per pending condition at end of stream.
Lines 401-409 collapse two independent error conditions into a single U+FFFD. If a stream ends with both a pending lead surrogate and an odd trailing byte, WHATWG produces two replacement characters: one for the unpaired lead surrogate, and one for the incomplete code unit.
Example: new TextDecoder("utf-16le").decode(new Uint8Array([0x00, 0xD8, 0x41])) returns "\uFFFD" here, but browsers return "\uFFFD\uFFFD".
🐛 Proposed fix
if (stream) {
return true;
}
- if (state.hasLeadByte || state.hasLeadSurrogate) {
- state.hasLeadByte = false;
- state.hasLeadSurrogate = false;
+ if (state.hasLeadSurrogate) {
+ state.hasLeadSurrogate = false;
if (fatal) {
state.Reset();
return false;
}
out.Emit(kReplacementCharacter);
}
+ if (state.hasLeadByte) {
+ state.hasLeadByte = false;
+ if (fatal) {
+ state.Reset();
+ return false;
+ }
+ out.Emit(kReplacementCharacter);
+ }
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| if (stream) { | |
| return true; | |
| } | |
| if (state.hasLeadByte || state.hasLeadSurrogate) { | |
| state.hasLeadByte = false; | |
| state.hasLeadSurrogate = false; | |
| if (fatal) { | |
| state.Reset(); | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| out.Emit(kReplacementCharacter); | |
| } | |
| return true; | |
| if (stream) { | |
| return true; | |
| } | |
| if (state.hasLeadSurrogate) { | |
| state.hasLeadSurrogate = false; | |
| if (fatal) { | |
| state.Reset(); | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| out.Emit(kReplacementCharacter); | |
| } | |
| if (state.hasLeadByte) { | |
| state.hasLeadByte = false; | |
| if (fatal) { | |
| state.Reset(); | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| out.Emit(kReplacementCharacter); | |
| } | |
| return true; |
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In `@test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/TextEncoding.cpp` around lines 398 - 410,
Update the end-of-stream handling around state.hasLeadByte and
state.hasLeadSurrogate so each pending condition emits its own U+FFFD in
non-fatal mode, producing two replacements when both are present; preserve
fatal-mode reset and failure behavior.
Mirrors ios#448 c29e30fd — and matters more here, where the JIT makes
the fast overload live. WriteUtf8V2 flattens a cons string, and
flattening allocates on the JS heap, which a fast callback must never
do. The fast overload now takes the source as kSeqOneByteString, so V8
routes cons and two-byte strings to the slow callback by construction,
and the flat latin-1 units it does receive are encoded by hand with no
V8 string calls at all. Materializing an on-heap typed array's buffer
allocates too, so the op now returns a status code: the fast path
declines such views with kEncodeIntoRetrySlow and the builtin finishes
through encodeIntoFallback. The {read, written} array moves to the
binding, built on a native ArrayBuffer, which is off-heap from birth.
Also addresses this PR's review round: the docs now attribute the label
table to TextDecoder (TextEncoder is UTF-8-only per spec), and the
encoding-order worker spec reports worker errors instead of timing out.
common-runtime-tests-app 364cba6 asserts that a stream ending with both a pending lead surrogate and an odd trailing byte decodes to a single U+FFFD — the WHATWG end-of-queue step clears both pending states with one error, as Node 24 (full ICU) also does. Matches ios#448 b5310e70.
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Mirrors NativeScript/ios#448.
Adds native, WHATWG-conformant
TextEncoder,TextDecoder,atobandbtoaglobals — and, more importantly, the lazy-global tier they ride on, which is the foundation for bringing further web globals (Blob,fetch,crypto,DOMException, …) into the runtime with zero cost when unused.Lazy-global tier (
LazyGlobals)SetLazyDataPropertybeforeContext::New: the builtin behind it is not compiled, run, or allocated until app code first reads the name, and V8 then replaces the property with a plain data property so later reads cost nothing.BuiltinLoader::GetExports(backed by aRuntimeStateslot — the android analog of ios'Cachesstate slot), which every entry point to a builtin shares: sibling names from one builtin (TextEncoder+TextDecoder) cost one run, and so does a module re-exporting the same interfaces. Thens:/node:registry's private per-specifier exports map is folded into this cache.test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/js/README.md: lazy builtins run at arbitrary times, so they may only consumeinternalskeys published by eager builtins.LazyGlobals::Initruns inPrepareV8Runtimefor every isolate; assignment-before-first-read correctly replaces a lazy global (V8 gives setter-less API accessors a reconfigure-to-data setter).Divergence from ios: no
LazyGlobals::IsLazyGlobalinterceptor hook. On ios the global metadata interceptor must decline these names so an ObjC symbol sharing a name can't shadow a runtime global; android has no global named-property interceptor (top-level Java namespaces are installed eagerly byMetadataNode::CreateTopLevelNamespaces), so there is nothing to decline.TextEncoder / TextDecoder
Node's split:
js/text-encoding.jsowns the WebIDL surface (brand checks via private fields, enumerable prototype members,Symbol.toStringTag),TextEncoding.cppowns the bytes.RangeError. (Precedent: Node without ICU ships utf-8/utf-16le; utf-16be and windows-1252 are cheap, and windows-1252 covers theascii/latin1/iso-8859-1aliases web code actually uses.)decode(…, {stream}): incomplete sequences (including split BOMs and split utf-16 code units) carry across calls in a 16-byteUint8Arraythe builtin owns — no per-instance native handle, no finalizer.fatalthrowsTypeError;ignoreBOMhonored.encode()/encodeInto()with correct USV conversion and partial-write boundaries (never splits an encoded code point).String::NewFromOneByte; results downgrade to one-byte strings when possible.ns:util / node:util exposure
Node exposes the encoding interfaces on
util, sons:utilandnode:utilre-export them — as the very class objects the globals hold:require("ns:util").TextDecoder === globalThis.TextDecoder, whichever entry point is reached first, main isolate or worker. The members stay lazy end to end (SetLazyDataPropertyon thens:utilbinding, getters inns-util.js/node-util.js), so requiring either module still doesn't run the text-encoding builtin.atob / btoa
WHATWG forgiving-base64 in
Base64.cpp(whitespace stripping, padding rules, alphabet validation). With noDOMExceptionin the runtime yet, failures throw the name-patchedError(InvalidCharacterError) stand-in the other builtins already use — a follow-up PR will introduceDOMExceptionand upgrade these plusAbortSignal's reasons.V8 Fast API
encodeIntoregisters av8::CFunctionfast-call overload behindNATIVESCRIPT_ENABLE_FAST_API(default on, defined inUtil.h). Unlike ios (lite/jitless), android runs the optimizing tiers, so the overload is live here once a call site tiers up. A fast callback must never allocate on the JS heap, which shapes all three inputs (mirroring iosc29e30fd): the source is akSeqOneByteStringparameter, so cons and two-byte strings go to the slow callback by construction and the flat latin-1 units are encoded by hand; a typed array whose buffer is still on-heap is declined with a retry status and the builtin finishes throughencodeIntoFallback(the same slow callback, no fast overload); and the{read, written}array lives on the binding over a nativeArrayBuffer, off-heap from birth. This build's V8 restricts fast returns to scalars, so the string-returning ops (decode,atob,btoa) have no fast overload — current Node makes the same call in its encoding binding.Review round
TextDecoderconstructor;TextEncoderis UTF-8-only with no label, as the spec defines it.onerrorhandler, so a worker failure reports the error instead of a jasmine timeout.common-runtime-tests-app@0f45dc8is themasterHEAD, fetchable from any fresh checkout.new TextDecoder("utf-16le").decode(new Uint8Array([0x00, 0xD8, 0x41]))is one U+FFFD. The shared suite now pins this (common-runtime-tests-app@364cba6, matching ios#448), and both runtimes pass it.Notes for reviewers
docs/text-encoding.mdfollows the android docs convention (ios#448 has no docs directory to mirror);docs/ns-builtin-modules.mdgets the same util-surface updates as ios'.types/ns-util.d.tsupdate has no android counterpart (no such types directory here).Tests
common-runtime-tests-appto364cba6(95 feature-detecting specs; pending, not failing, on runtimes without these globals; per-encoding sub-suites probe constructor support). Independently validated against Node 24 (full ICU) as a conformance reference. Wired up viashared.runTextEncodingTests()in mainpage.js.NsUtilTestsadditions: identity of the module exports and the globals (including a fresh-isolate worker probing both access orders), round trips, and thenode:utilsurface.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
TextEncoderandTextDecoderglobals.atobandbtoaBase64 utilities with validation and forgiving decoding behavior.TextEncoderandTextDecoderthroughns:utilandnode:util, with consistent shared interfaces.encodeInto.Documentation
Tests