- From: Chris Hubick <maillist@chris.hubick.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 01:23:04 +0000 (GMT)
- To: www-dom@w3.org
On Wed, 20 May 1998, Arnaud Le Hors wrote: > Chris Hubick wrote: > > > I think navigating the tree should be left to > > the user. Attributes and Children should be normal simple two way linked > > lists, with the head of the list being the Node itself, and if you insert > > Because we are not defining a data model but only an API that anyone > should be able to map onto his/her own (possibly existing) data model. > This means, for instance, that the user just doesn't have a clue on how > to actually set a node's parent, but the DOM implementation does, and > will do it underneath when the user calls insertChildNode(). Ok, sure, so why not model that API after a linked list? insertChildNode() appends the node to the end of the child linked list? At least then you would have a familiar/proven/simple set of semantics. --- Chris Hubick mailto:chris@hubick.com http://www.hubick.com/
Received on Wednesday, 20 May 1998 04:25:59 UTC