hixie: Define the legacycaller behaviour of <embed> and <object>. (whatwg r6915)

hixie: Define the legacycaller behaviour of <embed> and <object>.
(whatwg r6915)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.5512&r2=1.5513&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6914&to=6915

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.5512
retrieving revision 1.5513
diff -u -d -r1.5512 -r1.5513
--- Overview.html 24 Jan 2012 23:38:08 -0000 1.5512
+++ Overview.html 25 Jan 2012 22:49:09 -0000 1.5513
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 
    <h1>HTML5</h1>
    <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="a-vocabulary-and-associated-apis-for-html-and-xhtml">A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML</h2>
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-24-january-2012">Editor's Draft 24 January 2012</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-25-january-2012">Editor's Draft 25 January 2012</h2>
    <dl><dt>Latest Published Version:</dt>
     <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/">http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/</a></dd>
     <dt>Latest Editor's Draft:</dt>
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
   Group</a> is the W3C working group responsible for this
   specification's progress along the W3C Recommendation
   track.
-  This specification is the 24 January 2012 Editor's Draft.
+  This specification is the 25 January 2012 Editor's Draft.
   </p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><p>Work on this specification is also done at the <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/">WHATWG</a>. The W3C HTML working group
   actively pursues convergence with the WHATWG, as required by the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter">W3C HTML working
   group charter</a>.</p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><p>This document was produced by a group operating under the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/">5
@@ -21255,6 +21255,7 @@
            attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-embed-type" title="dom-embed-type">type</a>;
            attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-dim-width" title="dom-dim-width">width</a>;
            attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-dim-height" title="dom-dim-height">height</a>;
+  <a href="#dom-embed-caller" title="dom-embed-caller">legacycaller</a> any (any... arguments);
 };</pre>
     <div class="impl">
     <p>Depending on the type of content instantiated by the
@@ -21425,10 +21426,14 @@
   attributes of the <code><a href="#the-embed-element">embed</a></code> element that have no namespace
   to the <a href="#plugin">plugin</a> used, when it is instantiated.</p>
 
-  <p>If the <a href="#plugin">plugin</a> instantiated for the
-  <code><a href="#the-embed-element">embed</a></code> element supports a scriptable interface, the
-  <code><a href="#htmlembedelement">HTMLEmbedElement</a></code> object representing the element should
-  expose that interface while the element is instantiated.</p>
+  <p>The <code><a href="#htmlembedelement">HTMLEmbedElement</a></code> object representing the element
+  must expose the scriptable interface of the <a href="#plugin">plugin</a>
+  instantiated for the <code><a href="#the-embed-element">embed</a></code> element. At a minimum, this
+  interface must implement the <dfn id="dom-embed-caller" title="dom-embed-caller">legacy
+  caller operation</dfn>. (It is suggested that the default behavior
+  of this legacy caller operation, e.g. the behavior of the default
+  plugin's legacy caller operation, be to throw a
+  <code><a href="#notsupportederror">NotSupportedError</a></code> exception.)</p>
 
   </div><p>The <code><a href="#the-embed-element">embed</a></code> element supports <a href="#dimension-attributes">dimension
   attributes</a>.<div class="impl">
@@ -21500,6 +21505,8 @@
   readonly attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-cva-validationmessage" title="dom-cva-validationMessage">validationMessage</a>;
   boolean <a href="#dom-cva-checkvalidatity" title="dom-cva-checkValidatity">checkValidity</a>();
   void <a href="#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity" title="dom-cva-setCustomValidity">setCustomValidity</a>(DOMString error);
+
+  <a href="#dom-object-caller" title="dom-object-caller">legacycaller</a> any (any... arguments);
 };</pre>
     <div class="impl">
     <p>Depending on the type of content instantiated by the
@@ -22074,6 +22081,13 @@
   <code title="dom-fae-form"><a href="#dom-fae-form">form</a></code> IDL attribute is part of the
   element's forms API.</p>
 
+  <p>All <code><a href="#the-object-element">object</a></code> elements have a <dfn id="dom-object-caller" title="dom-object-caller">legacy caller operation</dfn>. If the
+  <code><a href="#the-object-element">object</a></code> element has an instantiated <a href="#plugin">plugin</a>
+  that supports a scriptable interface that defines a legacy caller
+  operation, then that must be the behavior of the object's legacy
+  caller operation. Otherwise, the object's legacy caller operation
+  must be to throw a <code><a href="#notsupportederror">NotSupportedError</a></code> exception.</p>
+
   </div><div class="example">
 
    <p>In the following example, a Java applet is embedded in a page

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