DataView.prototype.buffer
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The buffer
accessor property of DataView
instances returns the ArrayBuffer
or SharedArrayBuffer
referenced by this view at construction time.
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Description
The buffer
property is an accessor property whose set accessor function is undefined
, meaning that you can only read this property. The value is established when the DataView
is constructed and cannot be changed.
Examples
Using the buffer property
js
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(8);
const dataview = new DataView(buffer);
dataview.buffer; // ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 8 }
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-get-dataview.prototype.buffer |
Browser compatibility
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