Re: Read-only attributes

Hi

I haven't seen any answer to this. It's not a issue with SVG 1.1 but it 
would be really nice if someone could explain this.

/niklas


Niklas Gustavsson wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> Sorry for all my questions today but I'm trying to get all of this out of my
> mind for now :-)
> 
> Some time ago we had this discussion on svg-developers (see for example
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/message/22727,
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/message/22729,
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/message/22744) and we really
> never settled on a correct answer.
> 
> The question was basically: when a property is read-only, for example
> SVGLineElement.x1, is it allowed to do:
> myLine.x1.baseVal.value = 10
> or does the read-only "inherit" all the way down?
> 
> x1 is read-only, baseVal is read-only but value on a SVGLength is read/write
> but with this addition:
> Exceptions on setting
> DOMException NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised on an attempt to change the
> value of a readonly attribute.
> 
> So, should the statement above result in the line moving or an exception?
> 
> Sorry if this was answered before and I missed it.
> /niklas
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Received on Tuesday, 21 January 2003 14:42:40 UTC