- From: poot <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:58:43 -0400
- To: public-html-diffs@w3.org
SSE; hixie: Rephrase how EventSource is protected from garbage
collection to make more sense. Note that EventSource objects are allowed
to survive the bfcache (unlike, say, WebSocket connections). (whatwg
r6624)
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/eventsource/Overview.html?r1=1.196&r2=1.197&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6623&to=6624
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@@ -499,10 +499,10 @@
<code title="dom-EventSource-CONNECTING"><a href="#dom-eventsource-connecting">CONNECTING</a></code> (0). The
rules given below for handling the connection define when the value
changes.<p>The <dfn id="dom-eventsource-close" title="dom-EventSource-close"><code>close()</code></dfn>
- method must close the connection, if any; must abort any instances
- of the <span>fetch</span> algorithm started for this
- <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object; and must set the <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute to
- <code title="dom-EventSource-CLOSED"><a href="#dom-eventsource-closed">CLOSED</a></code>.<p>The following are the <span>event handlers</span> (and their
+ method must abort any instances of the <span>fetch</span> algorithm
+ started for this <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object, and must set the
+ <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute
+ to <code title="dom-EventSource-CLOSED"><a href="#dom-eventsource-closed">CLOSED</a></code>.<p>The following are the <span>event handlers</span> (and their
corresponding <span title="event handler event type">event handler
event types</span>) that must be supported, as IDL attributes, by
all objects implementing the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> interface:<table><thead><tr><th><span title="event handlers">Event handler</span> <th><span>Event handler event type</span>
@@ -561,16 +561,15 @@
error that prevents the HTTP connection from being established in
the first place (e.g. DNS errors), must cause the user agent to
<a href="#fail-the-connection">fail the connection</a>.</p><p>For non-HTTP protocols, UAs should act in equivalent ways.<hr><p>When a user agent is to <dfn id="announce-the-connection">announce the connection</dfn>, the
- user agent must set the <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute to
- <code title="dom-EventSource-OPEN"><a href="#dom-eventsource-open">OPEN</a></code> and <span>queue a
- task</span> to <span>fire a simple event</span> named <code title="event-open">open</code> at the
- <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object.<p>When a user agent is to <dfn id="reestablish-the-connection">reestablish the connection</dfn>,
- the user agent must set the <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute to
- <code title="dom-EventSource-CONNECTING"><a href="#dom-eventsource-connecting">CONNECTING</a></code>,
- <span>queue a task</span> to <span>fire a simple event</span> named
- <code title="event-error">error</code> at the
- <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object, and then, after a delay equal to
- the reconnection time of the event source, if the <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute is
+ user agent must <span>queue a task</span> to set the <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute to
+ <code title="dom-EventSource-OPEN"><a href="#dom-eventsource-open">OPEN</a></code> and <span>fire a
+ simple event</span> named <code title="event-open">open</code> at
+ the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object.<p>When a user agent is to <dfn id="reestablish-the-connection">reestablish the connection</dfn>,
+ the user agent must <span>queue a task</span> to set the <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute to
+ <code title="dom-EventSource-CONNECTING"><a href="#dom-eventsource-connecting">CONNECTING</a></code> and
+ <span>fire a simple event</span> named <code title="event-error">error</code> at the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code>
+ object, and then, after a delay equal to the reconnection time of
+ the event source, if the <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute is
still set to <code title="dom-EventSource-CONNECTING"><a href="#dom-eventsource-connecting">CONNECTING</a></code>, once again do
a <span>potentially CORS-enabled fetch</span> of the <span>absolute
URL</span> of the event source resource, with the <i>mode</i> being
@@ -580,12 +579,12 @@
<code title="dom-EventSource"><a href="#dom-eventsource">EventSource()</a></code> constructor, and process the
resource obtained in this fashion, if any, as described in this
section.<p>When a user agent is to <dfn id="fail-the-connection">fail the connection</dfn>, the user
- agent must set the <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute to
- <code title="dom-EventSource-CLOSED"><a href="#dom-eventsource-closed">CLOSED</a></code> and <span>queue a
- task</span> to <span>fire a simple event</span> named <code title="event-error">error</code> at the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code>
- object. <strong>Once the user agent has <a href="#fail-the-connection" title="fail the
- connection">failed the connection</a>, it does <em>not</em>
- attempt to reconnect!</strong><hr><p>The <span>task source</span> for any <span title="concept-task">tasks</span> that are <span title="queue a
+ agent must <span>queue a task</span> to set the <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute to
+ <code title="dom-EventSource-CLOSED"><a href="#dom-eventsource-closed">CLOSED</a></code> and <span>fire a
+ simple event</span> named <code title="event-error">error</code> at
+ the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object. <strong>Once the user agent has
+ <a href="#fail-the-connection" title="fail the connection">failed the connection</a>, it
+ does <em>not</em> attempt to reconnect!</strong><hr><p>The <span>task source</span> for any <span title="concept-task">tasks</span> that are <span title="queue a
task">queued</span> by <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> objects is the
<dfn id="remote-event-task-source">remote event task source</dfn>.<h2 id="parsing-an-event-stream"><span class="secno">6 </span>Parsing an event stream</h2><p>This event stream format's <span>MIME type</span> is
<code><a href="#text-event-stream">text/event-stream</a></code>.<p>The event stream format is as described by the <code title="">stream</code> production of the following ABNF, the
@@ -896,19 +895,31 @@
specification and in more distributed ways as described above,
formats of event framing defined by <span>other applicable
specifications</span> may be supported. This specification does not
- define how they are to be parsed or processed.<h2 id="garbage-collection"><span class="secno">10 </span>Garbage collection</h2><p>While an <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object's <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> is not <code title="dom-EventSource-CLOSED"><a href="#dom-eventsource-closed">CLOSED</a></code>, and the object has one
- or more event listeners registered for <code title="event-message">message</code> events, there must be a strong
+ define how they are to be parsed or processed.<h2 id="garbage-collection"><span class="secno">10 </span>Garbage collection</h2><p>While an <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object's <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> is <code title="dom-EventSource-CONNECTING"><a href="#dom-eventsource-connecting">CONNECTING</a></code>, and the object
+ has one or more event listeners registered for <code title="event-open">open</code>, <code title="event-message">message</code> or <code title="event-error">error</code> events, there must be a strong
reference from the <code>Window</code> or <code>WorkerUtils</code>
object that the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object's constructor was
- invoked from to the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object itself.<p>If an <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object is garbage collected while
- its connection is still open, the user agent must cancel any
- instance of the <span title="fetch">fetch</span> algorithm opened by
- this <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code>, discarding any <span title="concept-task">tasks</span> <span title="queue a
- task">queued</span> for them, and discarding any further data
- received from the network for them.<p class="note">It's possible for one active network connection to
+ invoked from to the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object itself.<p>While an <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object's <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> is <code title="dom-EventSource-OPEN"><a href="#dom-eventsource-open">OPEN</a></code>, and the object has one or
+ more event listeners registered for <code title="event-message">message</code> or <code title="event-error">error</code> events, there must be a strong
+ reference from the <code>Window</code> or <code>WorkerUtils</code>
+ object that the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object's constructor was
+ invoked from to the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object itself.<p>While there is a task queued by an <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code>
+ object on the <a href="#remote-event-task-source">remote event task source</a>, there must be a
+ strong reference from the <code>Window</code> or
+ <code>WorkerUtils</code> object that the <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code>
+ object's constructor was invoked from to that
+ <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object.<p>If a user agent is to <dfn id="concept-eventsource-forcibly-close" title="concept-EventSource-forcibly-close">forcibly close</dfn> an
+ <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object (this happens when a
+ <code>Document</code> object goes away permanently), the user agent
+ must abort any instances of the <span>fetch</span> algorithm started
+ for this <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object, and must set the <code title="dom-EventSource-readyState"><a href="#dom-eventsource-readystate">readyState</a></code> attribute to
+ <code title="dom-EventSource-CLOSED"><a href="#dom-eventsource-closed">CLOSED</a></code>.</p><p>If an <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> object is garbage collected while
+ its connection is still open, the user agent must abort any instance
+ of the <span title="fetch">fetch</span> algorithm opened by this
+ <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code>.</p><p class="note">It's possible for one active network connection to
be shared by multiple <code><a href="#eventsource">EventSource</a></code> objects and their
<span>fetch</span> algorithms, which is why the above is phrased in
- terms of canceling the <span>fetch</span> algorithm and not the
+ terms of aborting the <span>fetch</span> algorithm and not the
actual underlying download.<h2 id="iana-considerations"><span class="secno">11 </span>IANA considerations</h2><h3 id="text-event-stream"><span class="secno">11.1 </span><dfn><code>text/event-stream</code></dfn></h3><p>This registration is for community review and will be submitted
to the IESG for review, approval, and registration with IANA.</p><dl><dt>Type name:</dt>
<dd>text</dd>
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