Re: Improving the DOM

• From: Olli Pettay <Olli.Pettay@helsinki.fi>
• Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:41:09 +0200
• To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
• CC: www-dom@w3.org
• Message-ID: <4EB9B005.7000100@helsinki.fi>

On 11/08/2011 11:30 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> Here is a revised proposal based on Ojan's earlier proposal to this
> list. These new methods are subject to compatibility testing.
>
> We introduce a DocumentContent union type (DOMString maps to a Text node):

DOMString as Text node feels quite awkward. All the JS strings in a web
page would have .previous/nextSibling properties?

>
> DOMString | CharacterData | Element | DocumentFragment
>
> We introduce these methods on Element and DocumentFragment:
>
> prepend(DocumentContent... nodes)
> append(DocumentContent... nodes)
These methods look good.


>
> We introduce these methods on Element, DocumentFragment, and CharacterData:
>
> before(DocumentContent... nodes)
> after(DocumentContent... nodes)
I don't quite understand what these would do. Something like insertBefore?


>
> We introduce this method on Element and CharacterData:
>
> replace(DocumentContent... nodes)
What would CharacterData.replace(someelement) do?


>
> We introduce this method on DocumentType, Element, and CharacterData:
>
> remove()
Yes, remove sounds good.

Received on Tuesday, 8 November 2011 22:41:54 UTC