- From: Miles Sabin <msabin@cromwellmedia.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:15:57 -0000
- To: "'keshlam@us.ibm.com'" <keshlam@us.ibm.com>, "'www-dom@w3.org'" <www-dom@w3.org>
Joe Kesselman wrote, > The iterative-tree-traversal mechanism certainly does work; > I'm using it. In fact, in some places it works better than > I'd really like it to -- If I were king <grin/> I would have > preferred that EntityReference point to an Entity for its > value, rather that replicating the Entity's children. Seconded on both points. The EntityReference children problem has bitten me too. Having to test and switch on a nodes type causes me pain, but in the absence of a standardized visitor mechanism, there's not a lot of choice. I'd love to see a standard NodeVisitor in level-2. > I agree that iterators, unlike NodeList, shouldn't attempt to > be "live" but should simply walk the tree. And I'm assuming > that's exactly what they'll do. Let's hope so ... Cheers, Miles -- Miles Sabin Cromwell Media Internet Systems Architect 5/6 Glenthorne Mews +44 (0)181 410 2230 London, W6 0LJ msabin@cromwellmedia.co.uk England
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