- From: CVS User ihickson <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:29:51 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/webstorage
In directory roscoe:/tmp/cvs-serv21474
Modified Files:
Overview.html
Log Message:
Try to clarify how 'storage' events are sent. (whatwg r7592)
--- /sources/public/html5/webstorage/Overview.html 2012/12/04 23:56:10 1.209
+++ /sources/public/html5/webstorage/Overview.html 2012/12/18 22:29:51 1.210
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
<p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
<h1>Web Storage</h1>
- <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-4-december-2012">Editor's Draft 4 December 2012</h2>
+ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-18-december-2012">Editor's Draft 18 December 2012</h2>
<dl><dt>Latest Published Version:</dt>
<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/">http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/</a></dd>
<dt>Latest Editor's Draft:</dt>
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
</dl><p>The W3C <a href="http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/">Web Applications
Working Group</a> is the W3C working group responsible for this
specification's progress along the W3C Recommendation track.
- This specification is the 4 December 2012 Editor's Draft.
+ This specification is the 18 December 2012 Editor's Draft.
</p>
@@ -671,10 +671,9 @@
be emptied of all key/value pairs, if there are any. If there are
none, then the method must do nothing.</p>
- <p class="note">When the <code title="dom-Storage-setItem"><a href="#dom-storage-setitem">setItem()</a></code>, <code title="dom-Storage-removeItem"><a href="#dom-storage-removeitem">removeItem()</a></code>, and <code title="dom-Storage-clear"><a href="#dom-storage-clear">clear()</a></code> methods are invoked, events
- are fired on other <code>Document</code> objects that can access the
- newly stored or removed data, as defined in the sections on the
- <code title="dom-sessionStorage"><a href="#dom-sessionstorage">sessionStorage</a></code> and <code title="dom-localStorage"><a href="#dom-localstorage">localStorage</a></code> attributes.</p>
+ <p class="note">When the <code title="dom-Storage-setItem"><a href="#dom-storage-setitem">setItem()</a></code>, <code title="dom-Storage-removeItem"><a href="#dom-storage-removeitem">removeItem()</a></code>, and <code title="dom-Storage-clear"><a href="#dom-storage-clear">clear()</a></code> methods are invoked, events are fired on the
+ <code>Window</code> objecys of other <code>Document</code>s that can access the newly stored or
+ removed data, as defined in the sections on the <code title="dom-sessionStorage"><a href="#dom-sessionstorage">sessionStorage</a></code> and <code title="dom-localStorage"><a href="#dom-localstorage">localStorage</a></code> attributes.</p>
<p class="note">This specification does not require that the above
methods wait until the data has been physically written to
@@ -751,13 +750,10 @@
on, however, the two session storage areas must be considered
separate, not affecting each other in any way.</p>
- <p id="sessionStorageEvent">When the <code title="dom-Storage-setItem"><a href="#dom-storage-setitem">setItem()</a></code>, <code title="dom-Storage-removeItem"><a href="#dom-storage-removeitem">removeItem()</a></code>, and <code title="dom-Storage-clear"><a href="#dom-storage-clear">clear()</a></code> methods are called on a
- <code><a href="#storage-0">Storage</a></code> object <var title="">x</var> that is associated
- with a session storage area, if the methods did something, then in
- every <code>Document</code> object whose <code>Window</code>
- object's <code title="dom-sessionStorage"><a href="#dom-sessionstorage">sessionStorage</a></code>
- attribute's <code><a href="#storage-0">Storage</a></code> object is associated with the same
- storage area, other than <var title="">x</var>, a <code title="event-storage"><a href="#event-storage">storage</a></code> event must be fired, as <a href="#event-storage" title="event-storage">described below</a>.</p>
+ <p id="sessionStorageEvent">When the <code title="dom-Storage-setItem"><a href="#dom-storage-setitem">setItem()</a></code>, <code title="dom-Storage-removeItem"><a href="#dom-storage-removeitem">removeItem()</a></code>, and <code title="dom-Storage-clear"><a href="#dom-storage-clear">clear()</a></code> methods are called on a <code><a href="#storage-0">Storage</a></code> object <var title="">x</var> that is associated with a session storage area, if the methods did something,
+ then for every <code>Document</code> object whose <code>Window</code> object's <code title="dom-sessionStorage"><a href="#dom-sessionstorage">sessionStorage</a></code> attribute's <code><a href="#storage-0">Storage</a></code> object is
+ associated with the same storage area, other than <var title="">x</var>, <a href="#send-a-storage-notification">send a storage
+ notification</a>.
<h3 id="the-localstorage-attribute"><span class="secno">4.3 </span>The <code title="dom-localStorage"><a href="#dom-localstorage">localStorage</a></code> attribute</h3>
@@ -808,11 +804,12 @@
</ol><p id="localStorageEvent">When the <code title="dom-Storage-setItem"><a href="#dom-storage-setitem">setItem()</a></code>, <code title="dom-Storage-removeItem"><a href="#dom-storage-removeitem">removeItem()</a></code>, and <code title="dom-Storage-clear"><a href="#dom-storage-clear">clear()</a></code> methods are called on a
<code><a href="#storage-0">Storage</a></code> object <var title="">x</var> that is associated
- with a local storage area, if the methods did something, then in
+ with a local storage area, if the methods did something, then for
every <code>Document</code> object whose <code>Window</code>
object's <code title="dom-localStorage"><a href="#dom-localstorage">localStorage</a></code>
attribute's <code><a href="#storage-0">Storage</a></code> object is associated with the same
- storage area, other than <var title="">x</var>, a <code title="event-storage"><a href="#event-storage">storage</a></code> event must be fired, as <a href="#event-storage" title="event-storage">described below</a>.</p>
+ storage area, other than <var title="">x</var>, <a href="#send-a-storage-notification">send a storage
+ notification</a>.
<p id="localStorageMutex">Whenever the properties of a <code title="dom-localStorage"><a href="#dom-localstorage">localStorage</a></code> attribute's
<code><a href="#storage-0">Storage</a></code> object are to be examined, returned, set, or
@@ -842,24 +839,21 @@
<h3 id="the-storage-event"><span class="secno">4.4 </span>The <code title="event-storage"><a href="#event-storage">storage</a></code> event</h3>
- <p>The <dfn id="event-storage" title="event-storage"><code>storage</code></dfn> event
- is fired when a storage area changes, as described in the previous
- two sections (<a href="#sessionStorageEvent">for session
- storage</a>, <a href="#localStorageEvent">for local
- storage</a>).</p>
-
- <p>When this happens, the user agent must <span>queue a task</span> to <span title="concept-event-fire">fire</span> a <span title="concept-events-trusted">trusted</span> event
- with the name <code><a href="#storage-0">storage</a></code>, which does not bubble and is not cancelable, and which uses
- the <code><a href="#storageevent">StorageEvent</a></code> interface, at each <code>Window</code> object whose
- <code>Document</code> object has a <code><a href="#storage-0">Storage</a></code> object that is affected.</p>
-
- <p class="note">This includes <code>Document</code> objects that are
- not <span>fully active</span>, but events fired on those are ignored
- by the <span>event loop</span> until the <code>Document</code>
- becomes <span>fully active</span> again.</p>
+ <p>The <dfn id="event-storage" title="event-storage"><code>storage</code></dfn> event is fired on a
+ <code>Document</code>'s <code>Window</code> object when a storage area changes, as described in
+ the previous two sections (<a href="#sessionStorageEvent">for session storage</a>, <a href="#localStorageEvent">for local storage</a>).</p>
+
+ <p>When a user agent is to <dfn id="send-a-storage-notification">send a storage notification</dfn> for a <code>Document</code>, the
+ user agent must <span>queue a task</span> to <span title="concept-event-fire">fire</span> a <span title="concept-events-trusted">trusted</span> event with the name <code><a href="#storage-0">storage</a></code>, which does
+ not bubble and is not cancelable, and which uses the <code><a href="#storageevent">StorageEvent</a></code> interface, at the
+ <code>Document</code> object's <code>Window</code> object.</p>
+
+ <p class="note">Such a <code>Document</code> object is not necessarily <span>fully active</span>,
+ but events fired on such objects are ignored by the <span>event loop</span> until the
+ <code>Document</code> becomes <span>fully active</span> again.</p>
- <p>The <span>task source</span> for this task is the <span>DOM
- manipulation task source</span>.</p>
+ <p>The <span>task source</span> for these tasks is the <span>DOM manipulation task
+ source</span>.</p>
<p>If the event is being fired due to an invocation of the <code title="dom-Storage-setItem"><a href="#dom-storage-setitem">setItem()</a></code> or <code title="dom-Storage-removeItem"><a href="#dom-storage-removeitem">removeItem()</a></code> methods, the
event must have its <code title="dom-StorageEvent-key"><a href="#dom-storageevent-key">key</a></code>
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