Re: Null HTMLDocument domain?

On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 03:14 +0200, Harri Porten wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently investigating some null vs. empty string issue in
> Konqueror's DOM implementation and its ECMAScript bindings. From reading
> the spec I can't really see a clear line and have to rely on an
> trial&error approach by comparing the results to other implementations.
> 
> I'd like to pick one example and kindly ask for some feedback on how to
> treat this issue: The "domain" property of HTMLDocument is specified as
> 
>  "The domain name of the server that served the document, or null if the
>   server cannot be identified by a domain name."
> 
> When would this ever null? If the document is located under a file:// URL
> for example?

This would be my reading of the specification.

>  None of the ECMAScript bindings I tested ever returns null,
> though. Even the DOM TS tests for "" instead of the null ECMAScript value
> in HTMLDocument03.html.

I guess this should be marked as a possible erratum, and we need to
check implementations for consistency.

Philippe