WebAssembly.Instance
BaselineWidely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2017.
AWebAssembly.Instance
object is a stateful, executable instance of aWebAssembly.Module
.Instance
objects contain all theExported WebAssembly functions that allow calling into WebAssembly code from JavaScript.
Constructor
WebAssembly.Instance()
Creates a new
Instance
object.
Instance properties
exports
Returns an object containing as its members all the functions exported from the WebAssembly module instance, to allow them to be accessed and used by JavaScript. Read-only.
Examples
Synchronously instantiating a WebAssembly module
TheWebAssembly.Instance()
constructor function can be called to synchronously instantiate a givenWebAssembly.Module
object, for example:
const importObject = { my_namespace: { imported_func(arg) { console.log(arg); }, },};fetch("simple.wasm") .then((response) => response.arrayBuffer()) .then((bytes) => { const mod = new WebAssembly.Module(bytes); const instance = new WebAssembly.Instance(mod, importObject); instance.exports.exported_func(); });
The preferred way to get anInstance
is asynchronously, for example using theWebAssembly.instantiateStreaming()
function like this:
const importObject = { my_namespace: { imported_func(arg) { console.log(arg); }, },};WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(fetch("simple.wasm"), importObject).then( (obj) => obj.instance.exports.exported_func(),);
This also demonstrates how theexports
property is used to access exported functions.
Specifications
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WebAssembly JavaScript Interface # instances |