TextDecoder: fatal property
The fatal
read-only property of the TextDecoder
interface is a Boolean
indicating whether the error mode is fatal.
If the property is true
, then a decoder will throw a TypeError
if it encounters malformed data while decoding.
If false
, the decoder will substitute the invalid data with the replacement character U+FFFD
(�).
The value of the property is set in the TextDecoder()
constructor.
Value
A boolean which will be true
if the error mode is set to fatal
.
Otherwise, it will be false
, indicating that the error mode is replacement
.
Specifications
Specification |
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Encoding Standard # ref-for-dom-textdecoder-fatal① |
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