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-rw-r--r--Source/WebKit/qt/Api/qwebelement.cpp9
-rw-r--r--Source/WebKit/qt/WidgetApi/qwebframe.cpp17
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Source/WebKit/qt/Api/qwebelement.cpp b/Source/WebKit/qt/Api/qwebelement.cpp
index 26aedc1f5..8f54d4abc 100644
--- a/Source/WebKit/qt/Api/qwebelement.cpp
+++ b/Source/WebKit/qt/Api/qwebelement.cpp
@@ -740,7 +740,14 @@ static bool setupScriptContext(WebCore::Element* element, ScriptState*& state, S
}
/*!
- Executes \a scriptSource with this element as \c this object.
+ Executes \a scriptSource with this element as \c this object
+ and returns the result of the last executed statement.
+
+ \note This method may be very inefficient if \a scriptSource returns
+ a DOM element as a result. See \l{QWebFrame::evaluateJavaScript()}
+ for more details.
+
+ \sa QWebFrame::evaluateJavaScript()
*/
QVariant QWebElement::evaluateJavaScript(const QString& scriptSource)
{
diff --git a/Source/WebKit/qt/WidgetApi/qwebframe.cpp b/Source/WebKit/qt/WidgetApi/qwebframe.cpp
index e8faab881..38c649887 100644
--- a/Source/WebKit/qt/WidgetApi/qwebframe.cpp
+++ b/Source/WebKit/qt/WidgetApi/qwebframe.cpp
@@ -910,7 +910,22 @@ void QWebFrame::print(QPrinter *printer) const
Evaluates the JavaScript defined by \a scriptSource using this frame as context
and returns the result of the last executed statement.
- \sa addToJavaScriptWindowObject(), javaScriptWindowObjectCleared()
+ \note This method may be very inefficient if \a scriptSource returns
+
+ For example, evaluation of the next innocuously looking code may take a lot
+ of CPU and memory to execute:
+
+ \code
+ var img = document.createElement('img');
+ document.getElementById(\"foo\").appendChild(img);
+ \endcode
+
+ This code returns appended DOM element, which is converted to QVariantMap
+ containing all its properties. To avoid this issue you can add "true" after
+ the last statement.
+
+ \sa addToJavaScriptWindowObject(), javaScriptWindowObjectCleared(),
+ QWebElement::evaluateJavaScript()
*/
QVariant QWebFrame::evaluateJavaScript(const QString& scriptSource)
{