RE: Relation between core DOM and HTML DOM

• From: Miles Sabin <msabin@cromwellmedia.co.uk>
• Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:23:40 +0100
• To: "'Arnaud Le Hors'" <lehors@w3.org>, "'DOM list'" <www-dom@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=Cromwell_Media%l=ODIN-981014172340Z-22076@odin.cromwellmedia.co.uk>

Just to confirm the impressions I get from this thread:
am I right to assume the the intended behaviour is as
follows:

  Document someXMLDoc = new BasicDocument();
  Element xmlElement = someXMLDoc.createElement("FOO");
  Element htmlLikeElement = someXMLDoc.createElement("TABLE");

  if(xmlElement instanceof HTMLElement)
    // always false

  if(htmlLikeElement instanceof HTMLElement)
    // always false

  HTMLDocument someHTMLDoc = new BasicHTMLDocument();
  Element xmlLikeElement = someHTMLDoc.createElement("FOO");
  Element htmlElement = someHTMLDoc.createElement("TABLE");

  if(xmlLikeElement instanceof HTMLElement)
    // always true

  if(htmlElement instanceof HTMLElement)
    // always true

  if(htmlElement instanceof HTMLTableElement)
    // always true

If this is the intention of the REC (and I hope it is), then
it needs to be spelt out.

Cheers,


Miles

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Received on Wednesday, 14 October 1998 13:28:50 UTC