RE: Re[2]: [cgmo-webcgm] Ecmascript binding question -- p.s.

["Dieter Weidenbrueck" <dieter@itedo.com>]

Lofton,

there may be a difference for Java, but not for ecmascript.

Anyway:

[2] says:
"Note that this language binding is not normative. The IDL Definitions are
the normative parts of the SVG DOM."

Regards,
Dieter

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lofton Henderson [mailto:lofton@rockynet.com]
>Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 5:36 PM
>To: 'Benoit Bezaire'
>Cc: CGM Open WebCGM TC
>Subject: RE: Re[2]: [cgmo-webcgm] Ecmascript binding question -- p.s.
>
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>I forgot to include this.  The SVG IDL [1] says, "The different standard
>language bindings for the SVG DOM are responsible for defining how to map
>all aspects of the SVG DOM into the given language, [...]."
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>At 09:30 AM 8/13/2004 -0600, Lofton Henderson wrote:
>>At 07:47 PM 8/12/2004 +0200, Dieter Weidenbrueck wrote:
>>>[...]
>>> >If there is not a standard ecmascript binding defined, then I
>will have to
>>> >create two versions of my ecmascript, one for each WebCGM
>plug-in with its
>>> >own defined ecmascript binding. This is not interoperable at all.
>>>Why not? What would be the difference between the viewers, if they
>>>implement their interfaces according to the IDL in the WDOM spec?
>>>
>>> >>>   IDL snippet:
>>> >>>   interface Attr : Node {
>>> >>>     readonly attribute DOMString        name;
>>> >>>     readonly attribute boolean          specified;
>>> >>>              attribute DOMString        value;
>>> >>>                                         // raises(DOMException) on
>>> >setting
>>> >>>
>>> >>>     // Introduced in DOM Level 2:
>>> >>>     readonly attribute Element          ownerElement;
>>> >>>   };
>>>
>>>It is absolutely clear how this should be implemented, or don't
>you think?
>>>Where could be differences that matter in a script residing on
>an HTML page?
>>
>>I'm curious about something.  If, as implied above, a correct ecmascript
>>syntax deriving from an IDL definition is unique and unambiguous, why did
>>SVG bother to define ecmascript [2] and java bindings, in addition to its
>>normative IDL [1]?
>>
>>-Lofton.
>>
>>[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/idl.html
>>[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/escript.html
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