Re: Hanging the APIs off navigator.device

I support Doug's proposal.

Max.

On 15/12/2009 16:27, Doug Turner wrote:
> Another option is to simply hang the device specific object directly off of navigator.
>
> navigator.contacts.create(...)
> navigator.contacts.find(...)
>
>
> Requiring ".device." is just extra stuff to type and doesn't provide any important encapsulation.  This also would be consistent with the geolocation api:
>
> navigator.geolocation.
>
> System Info&  Events could be something like:
>
> navigator.systemInfo.get(...)
>
> Doug Turner
>
> On Dec 15, 2009, at 1:58 AM,<richard.tibbett@orange-ftgroup.com>  <richard.tibbett@orange-ftgroup.com>  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just wondering whether we should settle on a specific approach to
>> hanging certain APIs off the navigator.device object.
>>
>> At the moment I spy three different approaches:
>>
>> In Contacts [1]:
>>
>> navigator.device.contacts.create(...)
>> navigator.device.contacts.find(...)
>>
>> In File Writer [2]:
>>
>> navigator.device.textWriter(...)
>> navigator.device.fileWriter(...)
>>
>> In System Info&  Events [3]:
>>
>> navigator.device.get(...)
>> navigator.device.watch(...)
>> navigator.device.set(...)
>>
>>
>> So just wondering whether we should take a unified approach to this
>> stuff. I'd prefer [1] but, well, I'm biased as editor. Maybe [2] works
>> well (with [1] becoming navigator.device.createContact and
>> navigator.device.findContacts)?
>>
>> What do people think?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> [1] http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/contacts/
>>
>> [2] http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/file-system/file-writer.html
>>
>> [3] http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/system-info/
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>>
>
>

Received on Wednesday, 16 December 2009 09:13:51 UTC