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Script.prototype.createCachedData - node__vm.d.ts - Node documentation
method Script.prototype.createCachedData

Usage in Deno

```typescript import { Script } from "node:node__vm.d.ts"; ```
Script.prototype.createCachedData(): Buffer
Creates a code cache that can be used with the `Script` constructor's `cachedData` option. Returns a `Buffer`. This method may be called at any time and any number of times. The code cache of the `Script` doesn't contain any JavaScript observable states. The code cache is safe to be saved along side the script source and used to construct new `Script` instances multiple times. Functions in the `Script` source can be marked as lazily compiled and they are not compiled at construction of the `Script`. These functions are going to be compiled when they are invoked the first time. The code cache serializes the metadata that V8 currently knows about the `Script` that it can use to speed up future compilations. ```js const script = new vm.Script(` function add(a, b) { return a + b; } const x = add(1, 2); `); const cacheWithoutAdd = script.createCachedData(); // In `cacheWithoutAdd` the function `add()` is marked for full compilation // upon invocation. script.runInThisContext(); const cacheWithAdd = script.createCachedData(); // `cacheWithAdd` contains fully compiled function `add()`. ```

Return Type

Buffer