Re: [IndexedDB] KeyRange factory methods

Filed: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11567

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Pablo Castro
> <Pablo.Castro@microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I was going to file a bug on this but wanted to make sure I'm not missing
> something first.
> >
> > All the factory methods for ranges (e.g. bound, lowerBound, etc.) are in
> the IDBKeyRangeConstructors interface now, but I don't see the interface
> referenced anywhere. Who implements this interface, the Window object,
> IDBFactory[Sync], something else?
>
> >From the spec:
>
> "To construct a key range a set of constructors are available. In
> languages with interface objects [WEBIDL], these constructors are
> available on the IDBKeyRange interface object. In other languages
> these constructors are available through language specific means, for
> example as static functions"
>
> But I see that I forgot to say that the IDBKeyRangeConstructors
> interface implements these constructors.
>
> However WebIDL nowadays have support for "static" so there is no
> longer a need for a separate interface. We should just do
>
> interface IDBKeyRange {
>    readonly attribute any     lower;
>    readonly attribute any     upper;
>    readonly attribute boolean lowerOpen;
>    readonly attribute boolean upperOpen;
>
>    static IDBKeyRange only (in any value);
>    static IDBKeyRange lowerBound (in any bound, in optional boolean open);
>    static IDBKeyRange upperBound (in any bound, in optional boolean open);
>    static IDBKeyRange bound (in any lower, in any upper,
>                                 in optional boolean lowerOpen,
>                                 in optional boolean upperOpen);
> };
>
> / Jonas
>
>