Re: Why do we use Document object to create Element ?

Document.createFoo makes use of the AbstractFactory pattern
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_factory_pattern
You can read that article to have a good notion of why it's used in the DOM.



2008/4/22, 叶现一 <yexianyi@hotmail.com>:
>
> I have a question about create Element , TextNode or anything else like that
> in DOM.
>
>  Why do we use Document object to create Element ?
>  For Example: TextNode el =
> document.createTextNode("name").And then add el to one
> node.
>
>  Why don't we design a class like TextNode ?
>  And then instantiate it directly like  TextNode el = new TextNode().
>  Finally,use a node to add it,like node.appendChild(el).
>
>
>  I think that we use  Document object to create Element is unnecessary and
> is not fit to our thinking.
>
>
>  Do you have any suggestions about that ?
>  If you have ,Please send e-mail to yexianyi@hotmail.com
>
>  Thanks very much!
>
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