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John Hamelink
John Hamelink

Reputation: 1086

Uncaught exception: "Could not convert JavaScript argument" nsresult: "0x80570009 (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_CONVERT_JS)" line 150"

I'm working on an open source project I'm part of called jQuery. I'm trying to get rid of an exception that makes the library partially work on Firefox and completely die in chrome:

uncaught exception: [Exception... "Could not convert JavaScript argument" nsresult: "0x80570009 (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_CONVERT_JS)" location: "JS frame :: http://dev.johnhamelink.com/jquery/jquewy/latest.js :: anonymous :: line 150" data: no]

I've tried to debug it, and I simply can't get my head around why it's creating an error like this. Any help would be much appreciated!

Edit: forgot to mention, you can view the code here: http://dev.johnhamelink.com/jquery/jquery/

John.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5462

Answers (2)

epascarello
epascarello

Reputation: 207501

So I set a breakpoint in Firebug on the first line after the addEvent function declaration to see what was going on. I added watches for element, type, and callback.

  • element = dom window object
  • type = "load"
  • callback= null

Problem is you are trying to set something to null that can not be set to null.

So you need to add a simple check for null in the addEvent method.

addEvent: function(element, type, callback){
    if(!callback) return;
    if(element.addEventListener) element.addEventListener(type, callback, false);
    else if(element.attachEvent) element.attachEvent('on'+type, callback);
}

Upvotes: 3

epascarello
epascarello

Reputation: 207501

There is a nice cutting edge technology error here. Someone copied and pasted wrong.

else if(element.attachEvent) element.attachEvent('on'+element, callback);

Should be 'on'+type not 'on'+element.

Upvotes: 1

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