Contacts API -- [NoInterfaceObject] from Andreas Gal on 2011-08-24 (public-device-apis@w3.org from August 2011)

From: Andreas Gal <gal@mozilla.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:53:23 -0700
To: public-device-apis@w3.org
Message-Id: <42F5DC74-06FF-4D90-88C7-D4E2D084B363@mozilla.com>

Can someone explain to me why all the classes in the Contacts API are marked [NoInterfaceObject]?

This seems pretty non-standard behavior (most of the DOM doesn't behave like this).

It breaks instanceof checks, and defeats extensibility (using expandos) via a shared prototype.

Andreas

Received on Wednesday, 24 August 2011 12:37:29 UTC