TextDecoderStream: fatal property

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The fatal read-only property of the {{domxref("TextDecoderStream")}} interface is a {{jsxref("boolean")}} indicating if the error mode of the TextDecoderStream object is set to fatal.

If the property is true then a decoder will throw a {{jsxref("TypeError")}} if it encounters malformed data while decoding. If false the decoder will substitute the invalid data with the replacement character U+FFFD (�). The value of the property is set in the TextDecoderStream() constructor.

Value

A {{jsxref("boolean")}} which will return true if the error mode is set to "fatal". Otherwise it returns false, indicating that the error mode is "replacement".

Examples

stream = new TextDecoderStream();
console.log(stream.fatal); // returns false

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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