Re: [File API] FileList

On 8/14/11 5:36 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> FileList does not follow the requirements from Web IDL: 
> http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebIDL/#idl-indexed-properties

Specifically you mean:

1. FileList's WebID definition should show that the getter returns a 
nullable type AND
2. Supported property indices should be defined.

Thanks for these clarifications; I've done them.
>
> I think FileList should talk less about selected files and more about 
> being a collection or list of File objects. That way it can be reused 
> in the future without people tripping over its current narrow definition.

It is a collection of File objects, but they must be user selected.  
HTMLInputElement and DataTransfer don't make a sufficient virtue of user 
selection, so I feel it useful to keep it a part of FileList.
>
> Should FileList be able to hold Blob objects as well?
>

Don't think so.

http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/FileAPI/#dfn-filelist

-- A*

Received on Wednesday, 31 August 2011 04:12:46 UTC