Global Namespace

This section includes members or types that extend the ECMAScript (JavaScript) Global object and other core objects.

JavaScript Base Type Extensions

Name	Description
Array Type Extensions	Provides extensions to the base JavaScript Array functionality by adding static methods.
Boolean Type Extensions	Provides extensions to the base JavaScript Boolean object.
Date Type Extensions	Provides extensions to the base JavaScript Date object.
Error Type Extensions	Provides static functions that extend the built-in JavaScript Error type by including exception details and support for application-compilation modes (debug or release).
Function Type Extensions	Provides static functions that extend the built-in ECMAScript (JavaScript) Function type by including exception details and support for application-compilation modes (debug or release).
Number Type Extensions	Extends the base JavaScript Number functionality with static and instance methods.
Object Type Extensions	Provides extended reflection-like functionality to the base JavaScript Object object.
String Type Extensions	Provides extensions to the base JavaScript String functionality with static and instance methods.

Types

Name	Description
Type Class	Provides a typing and type-reflection system for JavaScript object-oriented programming functionality.

Global Shortcuts to Commonly Used APIs

Name	Description
Sys.UI.DomEvent $addHandler Method	Provides a shortcut to the Sys.UI.DomEvent.addHandler method, which adds a DOM event handler to the DOM element that exposes the event.
Sys.UI.DomEvent.$addHandlers Method	Provides a shortcut to the Sys.UI.DomEvent addHandlers method, which adds a list of DOM event handlers to the DOM element that exposes the events.
Sys.UI.DomEvent.$clearHandlers Method	Provides a shortcut to the Sys.UI.DomEvent clearHandlers method, which removes all DOM event handlers from a DOM element that were added through the Sys.UI.DomEvent addHandler or the Sys.UI.DomEvent addHandlers methods.
Sys.Component $create Method	Provides a shortcut to the Sys.Component.create method, which creates and initializes a component of the specified type.
Sys.Application $find Method	Provides a shortcut to the Sys.Application.findComponent method, which returns the specified Component object.
Sys.UI.DomElement $get Method	Provides a shortcut to the getElementById method, which returns an array of all components that have been registered with the application by using the addComponent method.
Sys.UI.DomEvent $removeHandler Method	Provides a shortcut to the System.UI.DomEvent.removeHandler method, which removes a DOM event handler from the DOM element that exposes the event.