CloseEvent()

The CloseEvent() constructor creates a new CloseEvent.

Syntax

new CloseEvent(typeArg);
new CloseEvent(typeArg, closeEventInit);

Values

typeArg

Is a DOMString representing the name of the event.

closeEventInit Optional

Is a CloseEventInit dictionary, having the following fields:

• "wasClean", optional and defaulting to false, of type long, indicates if the connection has been closed cleanly or not.
• "code", optional and defaulting to 0, of type unsigned short, that is the connection close code sent by the server.
• "reason", optional and defaulting to '', of type DOMString, that is a human-readable reason why the server closed the connection.

Note: The CloseEventInit dictionary also accepts fields from the EventInit dictionary.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• CloseEvent, the interface of the objects it constructs.