Bun's JavaScriptCore Class Bindings Generator

Bridge JavaScript and Rust through .classes.ts definitions and Rust implementations.

Architecture

1. JavaScript Interface Definition (.classes.ts files)
2. Rust Implementation (.rs files)
3. Generated Code — src/codegen/generate-classes.ts emits C++ + Rust into ${BUN_CODEGEN_DIR}/generated_classes.rs, include!d as crate::generated_classes in bun_runtime. Run bun bd to regenerate.

Class Definition (.classes.ts)

export default [
  define({
    name: "Glob",
    construct: true,
    finalize: true,
    hasPendingActivity: true,
    proto: {
      scan:  { fn: "scan",  length: 1 },
      match: { fn: "match", length: 1 },
    },
  }),
];

Options:

• construct: Has a public new Foo() constructor
• finalize: Needs cleanup beyond Drop (rarely — see Finalize below)
• hasPendingActivity: GC keep-alive while async work is in flight
• proto: Methods (fn:), getters (getter: true, optionally cache: true)
• values: [...]: WriteBarrier slots for JS values the native side holds (callbacks, buffers)

Rust Implementation

use bun_jsc::{CallFrame, JSGlobalObject, JSValue, JsResult};
use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};

#[bun_jsc::JsClass]
pub struct Glob {
    pattern: Box<[u8]>,
    has_pending_activity: AtomicUsize,
}

impl Glob {
    pub fn constructor(global: &JSGlobalObject, frame: &CallFrame) -> JsResult<Box<Glob>> {
        let arg = frame.argument(0);
        let pattern = bun_core::String::from_js(arg, global)?.to_utf8_bytes().into();
        Ok(Box::new(Glob { pattern, has_pending_activity: AtomicUsize::new(0) }))
    }

    #[bun_jsc::host_fn(method)]
    pub fn r#match(&self, global: &JSGlobalObject, frame: &CallFrame) -> JsResult<JSValue> {
        // ...
        Ok(JSValue::TRUE)
    }

    pub fn has_pending_activity(&self) -> bool {
        self.has_pending_activity.load(Ordering::SeqCst) > 0
    }
}

Canonical signatures

A missing or mis-typed hook is a compile error in cargo check -p bun_runtime — the generated code calls the inherent method directly.

Hooking into the generated module

#[bun_jsc::JsClass] on the struct implements the JsClass trait (to_js, from_js, from_js_direct, get_constructor) by binding the C++ externs. Attribute knobs: no_constructor, no_finalize, estimated_size.

The codegen also emits a js_$T module with the cached-value accessors. Re-export it when you need *_set_cached / *_get_cached or detach_ptr:

pub use crate::generated_classes::js_Glob as js;
// or
bun_jsc::impl_js_class_via_generated!(Archive => crate::generated_classes::js_Archive);

The js_$T module surface:

pub fn from_js(value: JSValue) -> Option<NonNull<T>>;
pub fn from_js_direct(value: JSValue) -> Option<NonNull<T>>;
pub fn get_constructor(global: &JSGlobalObject) -> JSValue;
pub fn to_js(this: *mut T, global: &JSGlobalObject) -> JSValue;   // ownership transfer
pub fn detach_ptr(value: JSValue);
// per cached getter / `values: [...]` entry:
pub fn <field>_set_cached(this_value: JSValue, global: &JSGlobalObject, value: JSValue);
pub fn <field>_get_cached(this_value: JSValue) -> Option<JSValue>;

Finalize

Most classes need nothing — #[bun_jsc::JsClass] wires the blanket JsFinalize whose default is drop(Box<Self>). Override only when you must release a JS handle or defer to a heap helper:

pub fn finalize(self: Box<Self>) {
    bun_ptr::finalize_js_box(self, |this| this.this_value.with_mut(|v| v.finalize()));
}

Override with an inherent method, never impl JsFinalize for T.

Holding JS values

Never store raw JSValue in a struct field. Declare a slot in .classes.ts (values: ["callback"] or a cache: true getter) and read/write it through js::callback_set_cached(this_value, global, v) / js::callback_get_cached(this_value). The slot is a WriteBarrier visited by the GC, so the value stays alive without a Strong.

Reference implementations

• src/runtime/api/glob.rs + Glob.classes.ts — constructor, methods, hasPendingActivity, default finalize
• src/runtime/api/cron.rs + cron.classes.ts — noConstructor, cached getter, values: [...], custom finalize
• src/runtime/image/Image.rs:56 — the pub use crate::generated_classes::js_Image as js; one-liner
• src/jsc/host_fn.rs — the host-fn adapters the codegen dispatches through
• src/jsc_macros/lib.rs — #[bun_jsc::JsClass] proc-macro source