JavaScript uses UTF-16 but FlatBuffers uses UTF-8. This commit tests the code
that does the conversion between the two encodings. The last entry in the array
is tricky because each code point actually requires two UTF-16 code units,
unlike the other examples. The current JSON output of flatc actually handles
this case incorrectly (it generates invalid JSON with UTF-8 code units). The
generated JavaScript code passes these tests fine, however.
This adds a JavaScript language target. The generated JavaScript uses Google
Closure Compiler type annotations and can be compiled using the advanced
compilation mode, which performs type checking and optimizations such as
inlining and dead code elimination. The generated JavaScript also exports all
generated symbols for use with Node.js and RequireJS. This export behavior
can be turned off with the --no-js-exports flag for use with Google Closure
Compiler.
Wouter van Oortmerssen