Re: [DOMCore] error in setAttribute() spec?

On 08/25/2011 11:43 PM, David Flanagan wrote:
> DOM Core ยง5.7 defines the setAttribute() method with an algorithm that
> includes these final 2 steps:
>
>>
>> 4. If the context object does not have an attribute whose local name
>> is qualifiedName, create an attribute, whose local name is
>> qualifiedName and value is value. Append this attribute to the context
>> object's attributes.
>>
>> 5. Otherwise, set the value of the first attribute in the context
>> object's attributes whose qualified name is qualifiedName, to value.
>
> Note that step 4 compares the first method argument to attribute's local
> name, and step 5 compares the argument to the attribute's qualified
> name. I think (and I hope) that step 4 is incorrect and should compare
> against the qualified name like step 5 does.
>
> As written, I think the spec calls for the following unexpected behavior:
>
> // Create an element to test with
> var e = document.createElement("div");
> // Define an attribute qname foo:bar, local name bar
> e.setAttributeNS("foo", "foo:bar", "1");
> // Looks for attributes by qname, returns "1"
> e.getAttribute("foo:bar") // "1"
> // Here's where it gets weird. For this next line
> // step 4 finds no attribute with localname "foo:bar"
> // so it creates a new attribute with that as its local name.
> // and as its qualified name.
> e.setAttribute("foo:bar", "2");
> // When we repeat the query we still get "1"
> // because getAttribute find the first attribute with the
> // specified qname.
> e.getAttribute("foo:bar") // "1"
> // Now it gets weirder. We repeat the call to setAttribute()
> // This time, the existance of the second attribute
> // prevents the creation of a new one, but it is the first
> // attribute that gets set:
> e.setAttribute("foo:bar", "3");
> // The first foo:bar changed, so this time we get "3"
> e.getAttribute("foo:bar") // "3"
>
> That can't be right, can it?

No, I don't think so. Fixed: 
<http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/rev/cdc2e1b35166>.

Thanks
Ms2ger

Received on Friday, 26 August 2011 12:23:15 UTC