---
title: WKJSSerializedNode
framework: WebKit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
platforms: [iOS 27.0+, iPadOS 27.0+, Mac Catalyst 27.0+, macOS 27.0+, visionOS 27.0+]
path: webkit/wkjsserializednode
---

# WKJSSerializedNode

A WKJSSerializedNode object contains the serialized representation of a DOM node

## Declaration

```swift
class WKJSSerializedNode
```

## Overview

Overview There are various ways that JavaScript executing inside web content results in some return value being passed up to the WebKit application. Examples include calls to [WKWebView evaluateJavaScript:...], [WKWebView callAsyncJavaScript:...], and the body of a WKScriptMessage. When application JavaScript returns a JavaScript value, the default behavior is to try to convert it to a foundational type. e.g. a JavaScript Number becomes an NSNumber, or a JavaScript array becomes an NSArray, etc. When the return value is a DOM node, the default conversion is to “stringify” it and return that to the application as an NSString. If the JavaScript instead calls window.webkit.serializeNode(...) then WebKit will create a serialized representation of that node as the return value. The node is an opaque object as far as the application is concerned, but it can be used as an argument to future JavaScript programs via [WKWebView callAsyncJavaScript:...] Unlike WKJSHandle - which keeps an actual JavaScript object alive in its originating context - a WKJSSerializedNode is not attached to a live JavaScript object, and it can be used as an argument to a JavaScript program running in any context. e.g. In a different frame, or after a navigation.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Page content

- [WKUserContentController](webkit/wkusercontentcontroller.md)
- [WKContentRuleListStore](webkit/wkcontentruleliststore.md)
- [WKContentWorld](webkit/wkcontentworld.md)
- [WKFrameInfo](webkit/wkframeinfo.md)
- [WKSecurityOrigin](webkit/wksecurityorigin.md)
- [WKUserScript](webkit/wkuserscript.md)
- [WKContentWorldConfiguration](webkit/wkcontentworldconfiguration.md)
- [WKJSHandle](webkit/wkjshandle.md)