Scenario-Based Questions PART 30

🎓 Scenario-Based Question

📌 Use Case: Accessing an Object Across Functions in Script Include

We need to create two functions f1 and f2 in a Script Include. Function f2 will create an object, and f1 will use it. Finally, we will fetch the firstName property via a background script.

🛠 Steps to Implement:

1. Create a Script Include (Name: Test)
   • API Name: global.Test
   • Accessible from all application scopes
2. Write the Script Include Code:

   var Test = Class.create();
   Test.prototype = {
       initialize: function() {},
   
       f1: function() {
           return this.f2(); // Call f2 and return its result
       },
   
       f2: function() {
           var obj = {};
           obj.firstName = "John";
           obj.lastName = "Y";
           return JSON.stringify(obj); // Convert object to JSON string
       },
   
       type: 'Test'
   };
         

3. Run Background Script to Fetch First Name:

   var gr = new global.Test();        // Create object of Script Include
   var val = gr.f1();                 // Call f1 (which calls f2 internally)
   var answer = JSON.parse(val);      // Convert JSON string back to object
   gs.print(answer.firstName);        // Output: John
         

💡 Pro Tip:

Returning JSON strings from Script Includes is useful for passing structured data between server-side scripts, but for better readability, you can return the object directly instead of converting to JSON if you don’t need serialization.