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- Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:15:56 -0500
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hixie: Abstract out an algorithm for Anne. (whatwg r5937)
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@@ -913,9 +913,10 @@
<li><a href="#introduction-1"><span class="secno">4.10.22.1 </span>Introduction</a></li>
<li><a href="#implicit-submission"><span class="secno">4.10.22.2 </span>Implicit submission</a></li>
<li><a href="#form-submission-algorithm"><span class="secno">4.10.22.3 </span>Form submission algorithm</a></li>
- <li><a href="#url-encoded-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.4 </span>URL-encoded form data</a></li>
- <li><a href="#multipart-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.5 </span>Multipart form data</a></li>
- <li><a href="#plain-text-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.6 </span>Plain text form data</a></ol></li>
+ <li><a href="#constructing-form-data-set"><span class="secno">4.10.22.4 </span>Constructing the form data set</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#url-encoded-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.5 </span>URL-encoded form data</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#multipart-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.6 </span>Multipart form data</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#plain-text-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.7 </span>Plain text form data</a></ol></li>
<li><a href="#resetting-a-form"><span class="secno">4.10.23 </span>Resetting a form</a></ol></li>
<li><a href="#interactive-elements"><span class="secno">4.11 </span>Interactive elements</a>
<ol>
@@ -38410,178 +38411,8 @@
<!-- unlock -->
- <li><p>Let <var title="">controls</var> be a list of all the <a href="#category-submit" title="category-submit">submittable elements</a> whose
- <a href="#form-owner">form owner</a> is <var title="">form</var>, in <a href="#tree-order">tree
- order</a>.</li>
-
- <li><p>Let the <var title="">form data set</var> be a list of
- name-value-type tuples, initially empty.</li>
-
- <li id="constructing-form-data-set">
-
- <p><strong>Constructing the form data set</strong>. For each
- element <var title="">field</var> in <var title="">controls</var>,
- in <a href="#tree-order">tree order</a>, run the following substeps:</p>
-
- <ol><li>
-
- <p>If any of the following conditions are met, then skip these
- substeps for this element:</p>
-
- <ul><li>The <var title="">field</var> element has a
- <code><a href="#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code> element ancestor.</li>
-
- <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is <a href="#concept-fe-disabled" title="concept-fe-disabled">disabled</a>.</li>
-
- <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is a <a href="#concept-button" title="concept-button">button</a> but it is not <var title="">submitter</var>.</li>
-
- <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is an
- <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#checkbox-state" title="attr-input-type-checkbox">Checkbox</a> state and
- whose <a href="#concept-fe-checked" title="concept-fe-checked">checkedness</a> is
- false.</li>
-
- <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is an
- <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#radio-button-state" title="attr-input-type-radio">Radio Button</a> state and
- whose <a href="#concept-fe-checked" title="concept-fe-checked">checkedness</a> is
- false.</li>
-
- <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is not an
- <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#image-button-state" title="attr-input-type-image">Image Button</a> state, and
- either the <var title="">field</var> element does not have a
- <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="#attr-fe-name">name</a></code> attribute specified, or
- its <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="#attr-fe-name">name</a></code> attribute's value is
- the empty string.</li>
-
- <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is an
- <code><a href="#the-object-element">object</a></code> element that is not using a
- <a href="#plugin">plugin</a>.</li>
-
- </ul><p>Otherwise, process <var title="">field</var> as follows:</p>
-
- </li>
-
- <li><p>Let <var title="">type</var> be the value of the <code title="">type</code> IDL attribute of <var title="">field</var>.</li> <!-- if the field is an <object>
- element, this will get ignored. -->
-
- <li>
-
- <p>If the <var title="">field</var> element is an
- <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#image-button-state" title="attr-input-type-image">Image Button</a> state,
- then run these further nested substeps:</p>
-
- <ol><li><p>If the <var title="">field</var> element has a <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="#attr-fe-name">name</a></code> attribute specified and its
- value is not the empty string, let <var title="">name</var> be
- that value followed by a single U+002E FULL STOP character (.).
- Otherwise, let <var title="">name</var> be the empty
- string.</li>
-
- <li><p>Let <var title="">name<sub title="">x</sub></var> be the
- string consisting of the concatenation of <var title="">name</var> and a single U+0078 LATIN SMALL LETTER X
- character (x).</li>
-
- <li><p>Let <var title="">name<sub title="">y</sub></var> be the
- string consisting of the concatenation of <var title="">name</var> and a single U+0079 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
- character (y).</li>
-
- <li><p>The <var title="">field</var> element is <var title="">submitter</var>, and before this algorithm was invoked
- the user <a href="#concept-input-type-image-coordinate" title="concept-input-type-image-coordinate">indicated a
- coordinate</a>. Let <var title="">x</var> be the <var title="">x</var>-component of the coordinate selected by the
- user, and let <var title="">y</var> be the <var title="">y</var>-component of the coordinate selected by the
- user.</li>
-
- <li><p>Append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var>
- with the name <var title="">name<sub title="">x</sub></var>,
- the value <var title="">x</var>, and the type <var title="">type</var>.</li>
-
- <li><p>Append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var>
- with the name <var title="">name<sub title="">y</sub></var> and
- the value <var title="">y</var>, and the type <var title="">type</var>.</li>
-
- <li><p>Skip the remaining substeps for this element: if there
- are any more elements in <var title="">controls</var>, return
- to the top of the <a href="#constructing-form-data-set">constructing the form data
- set</a> step, otherwise, jump to the next step in the overall
- form submission algorithm.</li>
-
- </ol></li>
-
- <li><p>Let <var title="">name</var> be the value of the <var title="">field</var> element's <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="#attr-fe-name">name</a></code> attribute.</li>
-
- <li><p>If the <var title="">field</var> element is a
- <code><a href="#the-select-element">select</a></code> element, then for each <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code>
- element in the <code><a href="#the-select-element">select</a></code> element whose <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> is true,
- append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var> with the
- <var title="">name</var> as the name, the <a href="#concept-option-value" title="concept-option-value">value</a> of the
- <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element as the value, and <var title="">type</var> as the type.</li>
-
- <li>
-
- <p>Otherwise, if the <var title="">field</var> element is an
- <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#checkbox-state" title="attr-input-type-checkbox">Checkbox</a> state or the
- <a href="#radio-button-state" title="attr-input-type-radio">Radio Button</a> state,
- then run these further nested substeps:</p>
-
- <ol><li><p>If the <var title="">field</var> element has a <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute specified, then
- let <var title="">value</var> be the value of that attribute;
- otherwise, let <var title="">value</var> be the string
- "<code title="">on</code>".</li>
-
- <li><p>Append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var>
- with <var title="">name</var> as the name, <var title="">value</var> as the value, and <var title="">type</var>
- as the type.</li>
-
- </ol></li>
-
- <li><p>Otherwise, if the <var title="">field</var> element is an
- <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#file-upload-state" title="attr-input-type-file">File Upload</a> state, then for
- each file <a href="#concept-input-type-file-selected" title="concept-input-type-file-selected">selected</a> in the
- <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element, append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var> with the <var title="">name</var> as
- the name, the file (consisting of the name, the type, and the
- body) as the value, and <var title="">type</var> as the type. If
- there are no <a href="#concept-input-type-file-selected" title="concept-input-type-file-selected">selected files</a>,
- then append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var>
- with the <var title="">name</var> as the name, the empty string
- as the value, and <code>application/octet-stream</code> as the
- type.</li>
- <!-- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=529859 -->
-
- <li><p>Otherwise, if the <var title="">field</var> element is an
- <code><a href="#the-object-element">object</a></code> element: try to obtain a form submission
- value from the <a href="#plugin">plugin</a><!-- using NPAPI's
- NPP_GetValue() entry point with the NPPVformValue variable -->,
- and if that is successful, append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var> with <var title="">name</var> as the
- name, the returned form submission value as the value, and the
- string "<code title="">object</code>" as the type.</li>
-
- <li><p>Otherwise, append an entry to the <var title="">form data
- set</var> with <var title="">name</var> as the name, the <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> of the <var title="">field</var> element as the value, and <var title="">type</var> as the type.</li>
-
- <li>
-
- <p>If the element has a <a href="#form-control-dirname-attribute">form control <code title="">dirname</code> attribute</a>, and that attribute's
- value is not the empty string, then run these substeps:</p>
-
- <ol><li><p>Let <var title="">dirname</var> be the value of the
- element's <code title="">dirname</code> attribute.</li>
-
- <li><p>Let <var title="">dir</var> be the string "<code title="">ltr</code>" if <a href="#the-directionality">the directionality</a> of the
- element is '<a href="#concept-ltr" title="concept-ltr">ltr</a>', and "<code title="">rtl</code>" otherwise (i.e. when <a href="#the-directionality">the
- directionality</a> of the element is '<a href="#concept-rtl" title="concept-rtl">rtl</a>').</li>
-
- <li><p>Append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var>
- with <var title="">dirname</var> as the name, <var title="">dir</var> as the value, and the string "<code title="">direction</code>" as the type.</li>
-
- </ol><p class="note">An element can only have a <a href="#form-control-dirname-attribute">form control
- <code title="">dirname</code> attribute</a> if it is a
- <code><a href="#the-textarea-element">textarea</a></code> element or an <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element
- whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in
- either the <a href="#text-state-and-search-state" title="attr-input-type-text">Text</a> state
- or the <a href="#text-state-and-search-state" title="attr-input-type-search">Search</a>
- state.</p>
-
- </li>
-
- </ol></li>
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">form data set</var> be the result of
+ <a href="#constructing-the-form-data-set">constructing the form data set</a> for <var title="">form</var>.</li>
<li><p>Let <var title="">action</var> be the <var title="">submitter</var> element's <a href="#concept-fs-action" title="concept-fs-action">action</a>.</li>
@@ -38848,9 +38679,186 @@
</dl></li>
- </ol></div><div class="impl">
+ </ol><h5 id="constructing-form-data-set"><span class="secno">4.10.22.4 </span>Constructing the form data set</h5>
- <h5 id="url-encoded-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.4 </span>URL-encoded form data</h5>
+ <p>The algorithm to <dfn id="constructing-the-form-data-set" title="constructing the form data
+ set">construct the form data set</dfn> for a form <var title="">form</var> is as follows:</p>
+
+ <ol><li><p>Let <var title="">controls</var> be a list of all the <a href="#category-submit" title="category-submit">submittable elements</a> whose
+ <a href="#form-owner">form owner</a> is <var title="">form</var>, in <a href="#tree-order">tree
+ order</a>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let the <var title="">form data set</var> be a list of
+ name-value-type tuples, initially empty.</li>
+
+ <li>
+
+ <p><i>Loop</i>: For each element <var title="">field</var> in <var title="">controls</var>, in <a href="#tree-order">tree order</a>, run the
+ following substeps:</p>
+
+ <ol><li>
+
+ <p>If any of the following conditions are met, then skip these
+ substeps for this element:</p>
+
+ <ul><li>The <var title="">field</var> element has a
+ <code><a href="#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code> element ancestor.</li>
+
+ <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is <a href="#concept-fe-disabled" title="concept-fe-disabled">disabled</a>.</li>
+
+ <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is a <a href="#concept-button" title="concept-button">button</a> but it is not <var title="">submitter</var>.</li>
+
+ <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is an
+ <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#checkbox-state" title="attr-input-type-checkbox">Checkbox</a> state and
+ whose <a href="#concept-fe-checked" title="concept-fe-checked">checkedness</a> is
+ false.</li>
+
+ <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is an
+ <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#radio-button-state" title="attr-input-type-radio">Radio Button</a> state and
+ whose <a href="#concept-fe-checked" title="concept-fe-checked">checkedness</a> is
+ false.</li>
+
+ <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is not an
+ <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#image-button-state" title="attr-input-type-image">Image Button</a> state, and
+ either the <var title="">field</var> element does not have a
+ <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="#attr-fe-name">name</a></code> attribute specified, or
+ its <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="#attr-fe-name">name</a></code> attribute's value is
+ the empty string.</li>
+
+ <li>The <var title="">field</var> element is an
+ <code><a href="#the-object-element">object</a></code> element that is not using a
+ <a href="#plugin">plugin</a>.</li>
+
+ </ul><p>Otherwise, process <var title="">field</var> as follows:</p>
+
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">type</var> be the value of the <code title="">type</code> IDL attribute of <var title="">field</var>.</li> <!-- if the field is an <object>
+ element, this will get ignored. -->
+
+ <li>
+
+ <p>If the <var title="">field</var> element is an
+ <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#image-button-state" title="attr-input-type-image">Image Button</a> state,
+ then run these further nested substeps:</p>
+
+ <ol><li><p>If the <var title="">field</var> element has a <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="#attr-fe-name">name</a></code> attribute specified and its
+ value is not the empty string, let <var title="">name</var> be
+ that value followed by a single U+002E FULL STOP character (.).
+ Otherwise, let <var title="">name</var> be the empty
+ string.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">name<sub title="">x</sub></var> be the
+ string consisting of the concatenation of <var title="">name</var> and a single U+0078 LATIN SMALL LETTER X
+ character (x).</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">name<sub title="">y</sub></var> be the
+ string consisting of the concatenation of <var title="">name</var> and a single U+0079 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
+ character (y).</li>
+
+ <li><p>The <var title="">field</var> element is <var title="">submitter</var>, and before this algorithm was invoked
+ the user <a href="#concept-input-type-image-coordinate" title="concept-input-type-image-coordinate">indicated a
+ coordinate</a>. Let <var title="">x</var> be the <var title="">x</var>-component of the coordinate selected by the
+ user, and let <var title="">y</var> be the <var title="">y</var>-component of the coordinate selected by the
+ user.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var>
+ with the name <var title="">name<sub title="">x</sub></var>,
+ the value <var title="">x</var>, and the type <var title="">type</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var>
+ with the name <var title="">name<sub title="">y</sub></var> and
+ the value <var title="">y</var>, and the type <var title="">type</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Skip the remaining substeps for this element: if there
+ are any more elements in <var title="">controls</var>, return
+ to the top of the <i>loop</i> step, otherwise, jump to the
+ <i>end</i> step below.</li>
+
+ </ol></li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">name</var> be the value of the <var title="">field</var> element's <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="#attr-fe-name">name</a></code> attribute.</li>
+
+ <li><p>If the <var title="">field</var> element is a
+ <code><a href="#the-select-element">select</a></code> element, then for each <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code>
+ element in the <code><a href="#the-select-element">select</a></code> element whose <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> is true,
+ append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var> with the
+ <var title="">name</var> as the name, the <a href="#concept-option-value" title="concept-option-value">value</a> of the
+ <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element as the value, and <var title="">type</var> as the type.</li>
+
+ <li>
+
+ <p>Otherwise, if the <var title="">field</var> element is an
+ <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#checkbox-state" title="attr-input-type-checkbox">Checkbox</a> state or the
+ <a href="#radio-button-state" title="attr-input-type-radio">Radio Button</a> state,
+ then run these further nested substeps:</p>
+
+ <ol><li><p>If the <var title="">field</var> element has a <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute specified, then
+ let <var title="">value</var> be the value of that attribute;
+ otherwise, let <var title="">value</var> be the string
+ "<code title="">on</code>".</li>
+
+ <li><p>Append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var>
+ with <var title="">name</var> as the name, <var title="">value</var> as the value, and <var title="">type</var>
+ as the type.</li>
+
+ </ol></li>
+
+ <li><p>Otherwise, if the <var title="">field</var> element is an
+ <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="#file-upload-state" title="attr-input-type-file">File Upload</a> state, then for
+ each file <a href="#concept-input-type-file-selected" title="concept-input-type-file-selected">selected</a> in the
+ <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element, append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var> with the <var title="">name</var> as
+ the name, the file (consisting of the name, the type, and the
+ body) as the value, and <var title="">type</var> as the type. If
+ there are no <a href="#concept-input-type-file-selected" title="concept-input-type-file-selected">selected files</a>,
+ then append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var>
+ with the <var title="">name</var> as the name, the empty string
+ as the value, and <code>application/octet-stream</code> as the
+ type.</li>
+ <!-- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=529859 -->
+
+ <li><p>Otherwise, if the <var title="">field</var> element is an
+ <code><a href="#the-object-element">object</a></code> element: try to obtain a form submission
+ value from the <a href="#plugin">plugin</a><!-- using NPAPI's
+ NPP_GetValue() entry point with the NPPVformValue variable -->,
+ and if that is successful, append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var> with <var title="">name</var> as the
+ name, the returned form submission value as the value, and the
+ string "<code title="">object</code>" as the type.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Otherwise, append an entry to the <var title="">form data
+ set</var> with <var title="">name</var> as the name, the <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> of the <var title="">field</var> element as the value, and <var title="">type</var> as the type.</li>
+
+ <li>
+
+ <p>If the element has a <a href="#form-control-dirname-attribute">form control <code title="">dirname</code> attribute</a>, and that attribute's
+ value is not the empty string, then run these substeps:</p>
+
+ <ol><li><p>Let <var title="">dirname</var> be the value of the
+ element's <code title="">dirname</code> attribute.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">dir</var> be the string "<code title="">ltr</code>" if <a href="#the-directionality">the directionality</a> of the
+ element is '<a href="#concept-ltr" title="concept-ltr">ltr</a>', and "<code title="">rtl</code>" otherwise (i.e. when <a href="#the-directionality">the
+ directionality</a> of the element is '<a href="#concept-rtl" title="concept-rtl">rtl</a>').</li>
+
+ <li><p>Append an entry to the <var title="">form data set</var>
+ with <var title="">dirname</var> as the name, <var title="">dir</var> as the value, and the string "<code title="">direction</code>" as the type.</li>
+
+ </ol><p class="note">An element can only have a <a href="#form-control-dirname-attribute">form control
+ <code title="">dirname</code> attribute</a> if it is a
+ <code><a href="#the-textarea-element">textarea</a></code> element or an <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element
+ whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in
+ either the <a href="#text-state-and-search-state" title="attr-input-type-text">Text</a> state
+ or the <a href="#text-state-and-search-state" title="attr-input-type-search">Search</a>
+ state.</p>
+
+ </li>
+
+ </ol></li>
+
+ <li><p><i>End</i>: Return the <var title="">form data
+ step</var>.</li>
+
+ </ol><h5 id="url-encoded-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.5 </span>URL-encoded form data</h5>
<p>The <dfn id="application-x-www-form-urlencoded-encoding-algorithm"><code title="">application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code> encoding
algorithm</dfn> is as follows:</p>
@@ -38981,7 +38989,7 @@
</ol></div><div class="impl">
- <h5 id="multipart-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.5 </span>Multipart form data</h5>
+ <h5 id="multipart-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.6 </span>Multipart form data</h5>
<!-- http://hixie.ch/tests/adhoc/html/forms/submission/multipart_form-data/ -->
@@ -39071,7 +39079,7 @@
</ol></div><div class="impl">
- <h5 id="plain-text-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.6 </span>Plain text form data</h5>
+ <h5 id="plain-text-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.7 </span>Plain text form data</h5>
<p>The <dfn id="text-plain-encoding-algorithm"><code title="">text/plain</code> encoding
algorithm</dfn> is as follows:</p>
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