abort

Summary

The abort method is used to aborts the read operation. Upon return, the dom/Element/readyState will be DONE.

Method of apis/file/FileReaderapis/file/FileReader

Syntax

 FileReader.abort();

Return Value

No return value

Examples

var instanceOfFileReader = new FileReader();

// ...read the file...
instanceOfFileReader.abort();

Notes

The abort method is used to interrupt an asynchronous read operation that is in progress on an onloadend event, sets the state of the dom/Element/readyState property of the FileReader to DONE, and sets result property to null.

Related specifications

W3C File API Specification

Last Call Working Draft 12 September 2013

Attributions

• Mozilla Developer Network : [abort Article]

• Microsoft Developer Network: [abort Method Article]