SharedArrayBuffer
is a feature in JavaScript that allows multiple JavaScript processes to share the same memory space. This can be particularly useful in scenarios where you need to communicate and synchronize data between different threads or processes efficiently.
In Node.js, SharedArrayBuffer
is supported starting from version 12. It provides a way to share raw binary data across different JavaScript contexts, such as web workers, or in the case of Node.js, across different worker threads using the worker_threads
module.
Here's a basic overview of how you can use SharedArrayBuffer
in Node.js:
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Creating a SharedArrayBuffer: You can create a
SharedArrayBuffer
using thenew SharedArrayBuffer()
constructor. For example:
const sab = new SharedArrayBuffer(1024); // Creates a SharedArrayBuffer with 1024 bytes