This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
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The releaseLock()
method of the WritableStreamDefaultWriter
interface releases the writer's lock on the corresponding stream. After the lock is released, the writer is no longer active. If the associated stream is errored when the lock is released, the writer will appear errored in the same way from now on; otherwise, the writer will appear closed.
Syntax
writableStreamDefaultWritere.releaseLock()
Parameters
None.
Return value
undefined
.
Examples
const writableStream = new WritableStream({
write(chunk) {
...
},
close() {
...
},
abort(err) {
...
}
}, queuingStrategy);
...
const writer = writableStream.getWriter();
...
// release writer's lock on the stream when desired
writer.releaseLock();
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Streams The definition of 'releaseLock()' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
releaseLock | Chrome Full support 59 | Edge Full support 16 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support 46 | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support 59 | Chrome Android Full support 59 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support 43 | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support 7.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.