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doc: add an example for util.types.isExternal #31173

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30 changes: 30 additions & 0 deletions doc/api/util.md
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Expand Up @@ -1399,6 +1399,35 @@ properties. Such objects are created either by Node.js internals or native
addons. In JavaScript, they are [frozen][`Object.freeze()`] objects with a
`null` prototype.

```c
#include <js_native_api.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
napi_value result;
static napi_value MyNapi(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
int* raw = (int*) malloc(1024);
napi_status status = napi_create_external(env, (void*) raw, NULL, NULL, &result);
if (status != napi_ok) {
napi_throw_error(env, NULL, "napi_create_external failed");
return NULL;
}
return result;
}
...
DECLARE_NAPI_PROPERTY("myNapi", MyNapi)
...
```

```js
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const native = require('napi_addon.node');
const data = native.myNapi();
util.types.isExternal(data); // returns true
util.types.isExternal(0); // returns false
util.types.isExternal(new String('foo')); // returns false
```

For further information on `napi_create_external`, refer to
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[`napi_create_external()`][].

### `util.types.isFloat32Array(value)`
<!-- YAML
added: v10.0.0
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2358,5 +2387,6 @@ util.log('Timestamped message.');
[default sort]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort
[global symbol registry]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Symbol/for
[list of deprecated APIS]: deprecations.html#deprecations_list_of_deprecated_apis
[`napi_create_external()`]: n-api.html#n_api_napi_create_external
[semantically incompatible]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4179
[util.inspect.custom]: #util_util_inspect_custom